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CVE-2002-0703

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0703 describes a flaw in the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) where it could generate incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, impacting data integrity verification. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with network-based attacks possible, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is known, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, as evidenced by 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0703

security flaw

May 10, 2002

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2002-081.html
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/9051.php
PatchVendor Advisory
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/4716
PatchVendor Advisory