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CVE-2002-0163
Heap-based buffer overflow in Squid before 2.4 STABLE4, and Squid 2.5 and 2.6 until March 12, 2002 distributions, allows remote attackers…
High7.5EPSS 15.1%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Squid before 2.4 STABLE4, and Squid 2.5 and 2.6 until March 12, 2002 distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via compressed DNS responses.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.1% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- RHSA-2002:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20020326 updated squid advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- squid-dns-reply-dos(8628) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4363 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2002_2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .