CVE-2002-0251 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in licq 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of format string characters such as "%d".

Published: 2002-06-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 5.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:1.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:1.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:1.0.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0248	Buffer overflow in licq 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of format string characters such as "%d".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05546.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101301254432079&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101318594420200&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8107.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4036

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01886}`	epss `{'score': 0.05485}`

Subscriptions

Licq Licq

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:28.512Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0251

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-05-29T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0251

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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