CVE-2002-0239

Exp

Buffer overflow in hanterm 3.3.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the (1) -fn, (2) -hfb, or (3) -hfn argument.

Published: 2002-05-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0239 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.3/100): 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0239

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21281 exploit_db edb 2002-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗
21280 exploit_db edb 2002-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0239

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 0.22% 0.27% +0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.27% 0.22% -0.04%
3 2025-03-17 0.27%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0239

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0239

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hanterm hanterm 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:hanterm:hanterm:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hanterm hanterm 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:hanterm:hanterm:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0239

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