peter bassill · operator
$ cve CVE-2002-0913 JSON

CVE-2002-0913 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Format string vulnerability in log_doit function of Slurp NNTP client 1.1.0 allows a malicious news server to execute arbitrary code on the client via format strings in a server response.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS4.51% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2002-10-04
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
stephen hebditchslurp

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbSlurp 1.10 - SysLog Remote Format String2002-06-04

References

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