CVE-2002-0012

Vulnerabilities in a large number of SNMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via SNMPv1 trap handling, as demonstrated by the PROTOS c06-SNMPv1 test suite. NOTE: It is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into multiple candidates, one or more for each vendor. This and other SNMP-related candidates will be updated when more accurate information is available.

Published: 2002-02-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0012 is rated High Risk (69.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.91%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0012

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 2026-06-15 41.89% 23.91% -17.98%
2 2026-06-10 38.63% 41.89% +3.25%
3 2026-03-21 38.63%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0012

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0012

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0012

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0012

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0012

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
snmp snmp cpe:2.3:a:snmp:snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0012

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020201-01-A Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/snmpv1/index.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/alerts/advise110.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107186 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-163.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4211 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5043 Patch
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-006
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1048
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A144
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A161
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A298
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