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CVE-2002-1359
Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle large packets or large fields, which may allow remote attackers to cause a denial…
High10.0EPSS 80.2%
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- mitre
Description
Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle large packets or large fields, which may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated by the SSHredder SSH protocol test suite.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 80.2% · top 0.4% 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 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 1005812 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- CA-2002-36 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ssh-transport-multiple-bo(10870) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021216 R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 6407 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5848 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1005813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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 .