Buffer overflow in KON kon2 0.3.9b and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -Coding command line argument.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1155 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.06%). 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22720 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-06-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 22719 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-06-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 0.13% | 1.06% | +0.93% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.13% | +0.09% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1155 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |