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CVE-2002-1123
Buffer overflow in the authentication function for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 allows remote…
High7.5EPSS 77.7%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the authentication function for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 1433, aka the "Hello" overflow.
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)
- 77.7% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (4 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)
- 20020806 SPIKE 2.5 and associated vulns (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5411 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS02-056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- N-003 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- mssql-preauth-bo(9788) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020807 MS SQL Server Hello Overflow NASL script (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- 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)
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