CVE-2002-1566

Exp

netris 0.5, and possibly other versions before 0.52, when running with the -w (wait) option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to port 9284.

Published: 2003-08-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1566 is rated High Exploit Risk (61/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.31%). 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-2002-1566

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21784 exploit_db edb 2002-09-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1566

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 2026-06-15 7.70% 3.31% -4.39%
2 2026-01-23 5.82% 7.70% +1.88%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.82% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1566

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1566

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1566

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1566 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netris), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1566

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1566

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netris netris 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:netris:netris:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netris netris 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:netris:netris:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netris netris 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:netris:netris:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1566

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