Buffer overflow in several Database Consistency Checkers (DBCCs) for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 all…

published 2002-07-26 24y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2002-0638

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 11.4%; EPSS 11.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in several Database Consistency Checkers (DBCCs) for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 allows members of the db_owner and db_ddladmin roles to execute arbitrary code.

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Timeline

2002-07-25 First public exploit (EDB-21650)
2002-07-26 Published

Exploit prediction

11.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

EDB-21650 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - Database Consistency Checkers Buffer Overflow remote, 2002-07-25

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds

Microsoft SQL Server rss critical rss

References

docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-038
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2002-0644
NVD CVE-2002-0644

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