When was CVE-2002-0844 disclosed?

CVE-2002-0844 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 12, 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-2002-0844 actively exploited?

CVE-2002-0844 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 21.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2002-0844?

CVE-2002-0844 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2002-0844?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2002-0844, 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-2002-0844

HIGHNVD 7.8

7.8

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

CVSS v3: 7.8
EG Score: —
EPSS: 21.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitreftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-035.0.txt
cve@mitreftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0081.html
cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102233767925177&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-004.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4829
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9175
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-035.0.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0081.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102233767925177&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4829
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9175

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