CVE-2002-0140

Exp

Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.

Published: 2002-03-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0140 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.53%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0140

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21236 exploit_db edb 2002-01-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0140

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 6.18% 3.53% -2.65%
2 2026-03-28 4.80% 6.18% +1.38%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.80% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0140

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0140

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0140

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dnrd dnrd 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dnrd dnrd 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:dnrd:dnrd:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0140

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