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CVE-2002-0092
CVS before 1.10.8 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
CVS before 1.10.8 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via the diff capability.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 4234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020220 Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- 20020220 Re: [Fwd: Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- cvs-global-var-dos(8366) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-117 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-0092 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2002-0092)Record last updated .