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CVE-2002-0239

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0239 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in hanterm version 3.3.1 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying an overly long string to the -fn, -hfb, or -hfn arguments. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring local access but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV catalog or exhibiting active exploitation, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hanterm:hanterm:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hanterm:hanterm:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21281 · Feb 7, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:41.hanterm.asc
marc.info
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/255168
securitytracker.com / id
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-112
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/8109.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4050