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CVE-2002-1049

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1049 describes a format string vulnerability in HylaFAX faxgetty versions prior to 4.1.3, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted TSI data. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to system crashes. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0_pl0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0_pl1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0_pl2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0358.html
bugs.hylafax.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-148
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/9728.php
PatchVendor Advisory
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2002_035_hylafax.html
osvdb.org / 5002
securityfocus.com / bid/5348
PatchVendor Advisory