CVE-2002-0703

An interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, which could prevent a system from properly verifying the integrity of the data.

Published: 2002-07-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0703 is rated Moderate Risk (55.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.43%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0703

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 0.59% 1.43% +0.83%
2 2025-03-30 0.88% 0.59% -0.29%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.88% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0703

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-2002-0703

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0703

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-0703 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0703
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0703

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gisle_aas digest-md5 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest-md5 2.17 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest-md5 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest-md5 2.19 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest-md5:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0703

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