CVE-2002-1050

Buffer overflow in HylaFAX faxgetty before 4.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long line of image data.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1050 is rated Moderate Risk (62.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.75%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1050

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 3.75% 4.75% +1.00%
2 2025-03-30 2.79% 3.75% +0.95%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.79% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1050

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-2002-1050

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1050

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1050 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (hylafax), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1050

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1050

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hylafax hylafax 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.0_pl0 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.0_pl1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.0_pl2 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1_beta3 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1050

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