CVE-2002-0703
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.
Published:May 10, 2002
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Apr 2, 2003
EPSS Score:0.00594
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Gisle Aas
Product
Digest-md5
Gisle Aas
Digest-md5
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Linux
Redhat
Linux
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
