CVE-2002-1652

Exp

Buffer overflow in cgicso.c for cgiemail 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long query parameter.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1652 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 43.97%, 97th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +27.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1652

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21998 exploit_db edb 2001-09-11 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1652

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 2025-12-27 16.25% 43.97% +27.73%
2 2025-03-30 19.87% 16.25% -3.62%
3 2025-03-29 — 19.87% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1652

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-2002-1652

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1652

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mit cgiemail 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mit:cgiemail:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1652

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