CVE-2002-0313

Exp

Buffer overflow in Essentia Web Server 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long URL.

Published: 2002-06-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0313 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.21%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2002-0313

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21298 exploit_db edb 2003-07-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0313

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 14.31% 10.21% -4.11%
2 2025-03-29 10.21% 14.31% +4.11%
3 2025-03-17 10.21%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0313

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-2002-0313

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0313

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
essen essentia_web_server 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:essen:essentia_web_server:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0313

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