CVE-2002-1200

Exp

Balabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during macro expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2002-10-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1200 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.53%, 90th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1200

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1200

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 7.27% 6.53% -0.74%
2 2025-03-29 6.53% 7.27% +0.74%
3 2025-03-17 — 6.53% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1200

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-2002-1200

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1200

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1200 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (syslog-ng), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1200

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1200

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.4.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.4.15 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.5.15 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oneidentity syslog-ng 1.5.20 cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:1.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1200

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