CVE-2002-1140 — The Sun Microsystems RPC library Services for Unix 3.0 Interix SD, as implemented on Microsoft Windows NT4, 2000, and XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via malformed packet fragments, aka "Improper parameter size check leading to denial of service."

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The Sun Microsystems RPC library Services for Unix 3.0 Interix SD, as implemented on Microsoft Windows NT4, 2000, and XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via malformed packet fragments, aka "Improper parameter size check leading to denial of service."

Published Sep 1, 2004

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 13.90%

Description

The Sun Microsystems RPC library Services for Unix 3.0 Interix SD, as implemented on Microsoft Windows NT4, 2000, and XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via malformed packet fragments, aka "Improper parameter size check leading to denial of service."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

13.90% 0.13903

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.13903

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 (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	13.90% (0.13903)	96.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	13.90% (0.13903)	96.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	18.09% (0.18087)	94.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	15.93% (0.15934)	91.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	18.09% (0.18087)	94.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	15.28% (0.15283)	94.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.90% (0.00901)	83.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 17, 2024	0.90% (0.00901)	82.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	0.90% (0.00901)	80.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.98% (0.00979)	81.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	11.68% (0.11676)	95.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	94.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	88.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10258.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5879
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-057
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10258.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5879		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-057		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 1, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Sep 23, 2002

Link CVE-2002-1140

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1140

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1140