01 Record
CVE-2002-0003
Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-06-25 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-01-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cd5aa0af08763825cc92f598e9b229cd6ce03d8fa23acb237da6a655e1a75f94
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2002:012http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-012.php
- online.securityfocus.comHPSBTL0201-014http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3793
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-groff-preprocessor-bo(7881)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7881
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:004http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-004.html
- www.securityfocus.com3869http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3869