What is CVE-2002-0012?

CVE-2002-0012 is a vulnerability in Snmp, classified under CWE-264. Published 2002-02-13.

Is CVE-2002-0012 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Snmp

CVE-2002-0012

Vulnerabilities in a large number of SNMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via SNMPv1 trap handling, as demonstrated by the PROTOS c06-SNMPv1 test suite. NOTE: It is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into multiple candidates, one or more for each vendor. This and other SNMP-related candidates will be updated when more accurate information is available.

Published 2002-02-13 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.241 (97.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.241 · newest: 0.241 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Snmp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

KeerthiYasasvi/Honeypot-Data-Analysis-using-T-pot

References

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-163.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:161 (signature, vdb-entry)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:144 (signature, vdb-entry)
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-006 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5043 (Patch, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4211 (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, Patch)
www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107186 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1048 (signature, vdb-entry)
www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/snmpv1/index.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-0012?: CVE-2002-0012 is a vulnerability in Snmp, classified under CWE-264. Published 2002-02-13.
Is CVE-2002-0012 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.