Is CVE-2002-0684 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2002-0684 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2002-0684?

CVE-2002-0684 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2002-0684?

CVE-2002-0684 has an EPSS score of 5.86% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0684?

Upgrade glibc on debian 11 to 2.2.5-8 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2002-0684

HIGHEPSS 92th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code through a subroutine used by functions such as getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr.

How to fix

Remediation Available

glibcDebian

Fixed in:2.2.5-8CVE-2002-0684

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

rhn.redhat.com

Government Resource1

kb.cert.org

Other references3

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2002-0684

Markdown

[![CVE-2002-0684](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2002-0684.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2002-0684)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2002-0684"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2002-0684.svg" alt="CVE-2002-0684"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

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.