CVE-2002-1277

Buffer overflow in Window Maker (wmaker) 0.80.0 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain image file that is not properly handled when Window Maker uses width and height information to allocate a buffer.

Published: 2002-11-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1277 is rated Moderate Risk (60.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.64%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1277

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 5.79% 4.64% -1.15%
2 2025-09-07 5.03% 5.79% +0.76%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.03% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1277

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-2002-1277

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1277

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1277 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wmaker), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1277
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1277

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1277

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
windowmaker windowmaker 0.20.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.20.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.52.2 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.52.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.53 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.61 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.61.1 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.61.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.62 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.62.1 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.62.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.63 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.63.1 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.63.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.64 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.65 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windowmaker windowmaker 0.80 cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1277

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