CVE-2002-2286

Exp

The parse-get function in utils.c for apt-www-proxy 0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty HTTP request, which causes a null dereference.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2286 is rated Exploit Available (59/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). 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-2002-2286

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2286

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 2025-11-12 0.54% 0.59% +0.05%
2 2025-03-30 0.60% 0.54% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 0.60%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2286

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-2002-2286

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2286

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apt-www-proxy apt-www-proxy 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apt-www-proxy:apt-www-proxy:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2286

cvelogic Threat Intelligence