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CVE-2002-1396

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1396 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the wordwrap function of PHP versions after 4.1.2 and before 4.3.0. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity risk where an unauthenticated attacker could remotely trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity. Despite its age and potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0365 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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, 0.1 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 8.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1396

security flaw

Dec 10, 2002

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0003.html
bugs.php.net / bug.php
PatchVendor Advisory
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10944
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2003_009_mod_php4.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-017.html
securityfocus.com / advisories/4862
securityfocus.com / bid/6488
PatchVendor Advisory