CVE-2002-0320 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) message or (2) IMvironment field.

Published: 2002-05-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 10.3% Moderate

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.10307.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101439616623230&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8264.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8265.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419419
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887319
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4162
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4163

History

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Subscriptions

Yahoo Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:29.167Z

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

Link: CVE-2002-0320

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2002-0320

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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