CVE-2002-1317

Exp

Buffer overflow in Dispatch() routine for XFS font server (fs.auto) on Solaris 2.5.1 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a certain XFS query.

Published: 2002-12-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1317 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 50.21%, 98th 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-2002-1317

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22036 exploit_db edb 2002-11-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1317

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 2026-05-07 50.96% 50.21% -0.75%
2 2026-02-08 42.48% 50.96% +8.48%
3 2025-05-29 42.48%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1317

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-2002-1317

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1317

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.6 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.7 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.9 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.10 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.11 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.12 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.13 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.10 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.20 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.24 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.04 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.11 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.22 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:x86_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.7 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1317

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021202-01-I
http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21541 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103825150527843&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/48879
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-34.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-024.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10375.php Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312313 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4988
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6241 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A149
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A152
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2816
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