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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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.