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$ cve CVE-2002-0068 JSON

CVE-2002-0068 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.4% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Squid 2.4 STABLE3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code with an ftp:// URL with a larger number of special characters, which exceed the buffer when Squid URL-escapes the characters.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS9.45% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2002-03-08
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
redhatlinux
squidsquid

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbSquid 2.0-4 - Cache FTP Proxy URL Buffer Overflow2002-02-21

References

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