{
    "id": "CVE-2002-0741",
    "published": "2002-08-12 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:58:02",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a long password argument and quickly killing the connection, which is not properly terminated by psyBNC.",
    "epss_score": "0.07990",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94573",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "psychoid",
            "product": "psybnc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "383",
            "title": "psyBNC 2.3 - Denial of Service",
            "date": "2002-05-19",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/383"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21409",
            "title": "psyBNC 2.3 - Oversized Passwords Denial of Service",
            "date": "2002-04-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21409"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0322.html",
        "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269131",
        "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8912.php",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4570",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0322.html",
        "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269131",
        "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8912.php",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4570"
    ]
}