CVE-2002-1486

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the IRC component of Trillian 0.73 and 0.74 allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a large response from the server, (2) a JOIN with a long channel name, (3) a long "raw 221" message, (4) a PRIVMSG with a long nickname, or (5) a long response from an IDENT server.

Published: 2003-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1486 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 43.97%, 97th percentile). 8 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-2002-1486

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21823 exploit_db edb 2002-09-22 Exploit-DB ↗
21816 exploit_db edb 2002-09-21 Exploit-DB ↗
21813 exploit_db edb 2002-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
21810 exploit_db edb 2002-09-19 Exploit-DB ↗
21804 exploit_db edb 2002-09-18 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1486

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 2025-10-04 49.18% 43.97% -5.21%
2 2025-07-11 55.51% 49.18% -6.32%
3 2025-05-08 — 55.51% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1486

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-2002-1486

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1486

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cerulean_studios trillian 0.73 cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cerulean_studios trillian 0.74 cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cerulean_studios trillian 0.725 cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.725:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1486

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