Heap corruption vulnerability in the "at" program allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed execution time, which causes at to free the same memory twice.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0004 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21229 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-01-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.21% | 0.27% | +0.06% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.27% | 0.21% | -0.06% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.27% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0004 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| caldera | openlinux_server | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:caldera:openlinux_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| caldera | openlinux_workstation | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:caldera:openlinux_workstation:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:68k:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:arm:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 4.1.1 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 4.2 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 4.3 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 4.4 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 8.1 | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 8.1 | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| netbsd | netbsd | 1.5.2 | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 6.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 6.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 6.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |