What is CVE-2002-0844?

CVE-2002-0844 is a high-severity vulnerability in Distrotech Cvs, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2002-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2002-0844?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Distrotech Cvs

CVE-2002-0844

Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Published 2002-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Distrotech Cvs

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-193 — Off-by-one Error

References

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-004.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0081.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9175 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/4829 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-0844?: CVE-2002-0844 is a high-severity vulnerability in Distrotech Cvs, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2002-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2002-0844?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.