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CVE-2002-0891
The web interface (WebUI) of NetScreen ScreenOS before 2.6.1r8, and certain 2.8.x and 3.0.x versions before 3.0.3r1, allows remote…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
The web interface (WebUI) of NetScreen ScreenOS before 2.6.1r8, and certain 2.8.x and 3.0.x versions before 3.0.3r1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long user name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- netscreen-screenos-username-dos(9186) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020527 Netscreen 25 unauthorised reboot issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.netscreen.com/support/ns25_reboot.html (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 .