What is CVE-2002-1912?

CVE-2002-1912 is a high-severity vulnerability in Skystream Emr5000, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2002-1912?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Skystream Emr5000

CVE-2002-1912

SkyStream EMR5000 1.16 through 1.18 does not drop packets or disable the Ethernet interface when the buffers are full, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (null pointer exception and kernel panic) via a large number of packets.

Published 2002-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.033 (88.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Skystream Emr5000 — versions 1.16, 1.17, 1.18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/5977 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/10380.php (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/295516 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
www.globalintersec.com/adv/skystream-2002021001.txt (Exploit, Patch, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1912?: CVE-2002-1912 is a high-severity vulnerability in Skystream Emr5000, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2002-1912?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.