CVE-2002-1350

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).

Published: 2002-12-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1350

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1350

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-2002-1350

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1350

vendor priority summary link
debian 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 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1350

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1350

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lbl tcpdump <= 3.6.2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1350

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