security flaw
Published Apr 2, 2003
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.43%
Description
An interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, which could prevent a system from properly verifying the integrity of the data.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.16
- 2.17
- 2.18
- 2.19
No data.
Red Hat Linux 7.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:081
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:081 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.43% (0.01427) | 72.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.43% (0.01427) | 69.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 67.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00345) | 72.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00372) | 71.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 29, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00372) | 69.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00378) | 68.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-081.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9051.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.php vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4716 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0703 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616798 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0703
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0703
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-081.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9051.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.php | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4716 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0703 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616798 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0703 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0703 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.