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CVE-2002-2097

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2097 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the compression code of MaraDNS versions prior to 0.9.01, allowing remote attackers to disrupt service using specially crafted DNS packets. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maradns:maradns:0.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maradns:maradns:0.5.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maradns:maradns:0.5.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maradns:maradns:0.8.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maradns:maradns:0.9.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securitytracker.com / id
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7972
securityfocus.com / bid/3852
Patch