CVE-2002-1542

Exp

SolarWinds TFTP server 5.0.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large UDP datagram, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1542 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.35%, 91th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1542

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21963 exploit_db edb 2002-10-24 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1542

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 7.26% 7.35% +0.09%
2 2025-03-29 7.35% 7.26% -0.09%
3 2025-03-17 — 7.35% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1542

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1542

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1542

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
solarwinds tftp_server 5.0.55_standard cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:tftp_server:5.0.55_standard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1542

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