The BGP decoding routines in tcpdump 3.6.x before 3.7 do not properly copy data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1350 is rated Moderate Risk (58.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.46%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2025-03-30 | 3.05% | 2.46% | -0.59% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 2.46% | 3.05% | +0.59% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 2.46% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2002-1350 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tcpdump), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1350 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1350 |