CVE-2002-1318

Buffer overflow in samba 2.2.2 through 2.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an encrypted password that causes the overflow during decryption in which a DOS codepage string is converted to a little-endian UCS2 unicode string.

Published: 2002-12-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1318 is rated High Risk (73.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 75.04%, 99th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1318

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 2026-05-22 76.57% 75.04% -1.53%
2 2026-05-07 75.05% 76.57% +1.52%
3 2026-02-17 — 75.05% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1318

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1318

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1318

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1318 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (samba), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1318
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1318

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1318

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.14 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.15 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.16 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.17 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.5.18 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.08 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.08.01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.08.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.09 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1318

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021204-01-I
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000550
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103801986818076&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103859045302448&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/53580
http://us1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.2.7.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-019.shtml
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-023.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-200 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/958321 US Government Resource
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-081.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_045_samba.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-266.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6210 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10683
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1467
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