CVE-2002-0115 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.6% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Snort 1.8.3 does not properly define the minimum ICMP header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and core dump) via a malformed ICMP packet.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.64% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-03-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| martin roesch | snort |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Snort 1.8.3 - ICMP Denial of Service | 2002-01-10 |
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/249340
- http://online.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?id=1&start=2002-03-08&end=2002-03-14&mid=249623&threads=1
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7874.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/2022
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3849
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/249340
- http://online.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?id=1&start=2002-03-08&end=2002-03-14&mid=249623&threads=1
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7874.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/2022
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3849
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