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7.5high

CVE-2002-0703

An interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, which could pre…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known

An interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, which could prevent a system from properly verifying the integrity of the data.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2002-081.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/9051.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • linux-mandrake.com /en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.php · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/4716 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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