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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2002-0239 json

Buffer overflow in hanterm 3.3.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the (1) -fn, (2) -hfb, or (3…

published 2002-05-03 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0236

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in hanterm 3.3.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the (1) -fn, (2) -hfb, or (3) -hfn argument.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21281)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21281 Hanterm 3.3 - Local Buffer Overflow (2) local, 2002-02-07
  • EDB-21280 Hanterm 3.3 - Local Buffer Overflow (1) local, 2002-02-07

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.