CVE-2002-0143

Exp

Buffer overflow in Eterm of Enlightenment Imlib2 1.0.4 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Published: 2002-03-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0143 is rated Exploit Available (51.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0143

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21226 exploit_db edb 2002-01-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0143

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 0.55% 0.80% +0.25%
2 2026-01-01 0.18% 0.55% +0.37%
3 2025-03-30 0.18%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0143

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0143

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0143

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
enlightenment imlib 2.0.01.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:imlib:2.0.01.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
enlightenment imlib 2.1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:imlib:2.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
enlightenment imlib 2.1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:imlib:2.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
enlightenment imlib 2.1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:imlib:2.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
enlightenment imlib 2.1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:imlib:2.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
michael_jennings eterm 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:michael_jennings:eterm:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0143

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