CVE-2002-0845

Buffer overflow in Sun ONE / iPlanet Web Server 4.1 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request using chunked transfer encoding.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0845 is rated Moderate Risk (60.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.51%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0845

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 2026-02-09 3.40% 3.51% +0.11%
2 2025-03-30 3.79% 3.40% -0.40%
3 2025-03-29 3.79%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0845

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-2002-0845

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0845

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
iplanet iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
iplanet iplanet_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0845

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