CVE-2002-0593

Exp

Buffer overflow in Netscape 6 and Mozilla 1.0 RC1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long channel name in an IRC URI.

Published: 2002-06-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0593 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.40%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0593

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0593

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.81% 3.40% -0.41%
2 2025-03-29 3.40% 3.81% +0.41%
3 2025-03-17 — 3.40% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0593

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0593

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0593

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0593

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0593

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla mozilla 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape communicator 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape navigator 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape navigator 6.01 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0593

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