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CVE-2002-2439

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2439 describes an integer overflow vulnerability within the new[] operator in GNU GCC versions prior to 4.8.0, potentially affecting systems compiling code with these vulnerable compilers. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), this flaw could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through local, low-complexity attacks requiring low privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-295
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-296
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-32
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-34
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gcc
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gcc43
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gcc44
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-295
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-296
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-32
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-34
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gcc

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-2439Moderate

gcc: Integer overflow can occur during the computation of the memory region size for new[] operator

Aug 5, 2002

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2002-2439
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
gcc.gnu.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2002-2439
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory