peter bassill · operator
$ cve CVE-2002-0332 JSON

CVE-2002-0332 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.3% (pctl 92)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflows in xtell (xtelld) 1.91.1 and earlier, and 2.x before 2.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long DNS hostname that is determined using reverse DNS lookups, (2) a long AUTH string, or (3) certain data in the xtell request.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS5.34% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2002-06-25
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
xtellxtell

Public exploits

References

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