When was CVE-2002-0679 disclosed?

CVE-2002-0679 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 5, 2002, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2002-0679 actively exploited?

CVE-2002-0679 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2002-0679?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2002-0679, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2002-0679

NONECVSS 0.0Elevated

0.0

Buffer overflow in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument to the _TT_CREATE_FILE procedure.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 98.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (22)

cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102917002523536&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F46366&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY32792&apar=only
cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY32793&apar=only
cve@mitrehttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-26.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9822.php
cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/387387
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5444
cve@mitrehttp://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0207-199
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A177
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A192
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102917002523536&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F46366&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY32792&apar=only
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY32793&apar=only

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