VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-0552

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability8.62%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-07-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Melange Chat server 2.02 allow remote or local attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument in the /yell command, (2) long lines in the /etc/melange.conf configuration file, (3) long file names, or possibly other attacks.

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