CVE-2002-1773

Exp

Buffer overflow in ICQ 2.6x for MacOS X 10.0 through 10.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long request.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1773 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 26.43%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2002-1773

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21275 exploit_db edb 2002-02-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1773

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 2026-02-08 28.77% 26.43% -2.34%
2 2025-07-15 6.19% 28.77% +22.58%
3 2025-03-30 6.19%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1773

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-2002-1773

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1773

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mirabilis icq_for_macos_x 2.6_x_beta cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq_for_macos_x:2.6_x_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1773

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