Is CVE-2002-0679 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2002-0679 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2002-0679?

CVE-2002-0679 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2002-0679?

CVE-2002-0679 has an EPSS score of 23.26% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2002-0679

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument to the _TT_CREATE_FILE procedure.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

23.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102917002523536&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F46366&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY32792&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY32793&apar=only
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-26.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9822.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/387387
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5444
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0207-199
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A177
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A192

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.