CVE-2002-1865

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Embedded HTTP server, as used in (1) D-Link DI-804 4.68, Dl-704 V2.56b6, and Dl-704 V2.56b5 and (2) Linksys Etherfast BEFW11S4 Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router 1.37.2 through 1.42.7 and Linksys WAP11 1.3 and 1.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long header, as demonstrated using the Host header.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1865 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.91%). 3 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-2002-1865

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21978 exploit_db edb 2002-11-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1865

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 5.70% 2.91% -2.79%
2 2025-08-12 3.46% 5.70% +2.24%
3 2025-07-27 — 3.46% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1865

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-2002-1865

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1865

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
d-link di-804 4.68 cpe:2.3:h:d-link:di-804:4.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-link dl-704 2.56_b5 cpe:2.3:h:d-link:dl-704:2.56_b5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-link dl-704 2.56_b6 cpe:2.3:h:d-link:dl-704:2.56_b6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befw11s4 1.4.2.7 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befw11s4 1.37.2 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.37.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befw11s4 1.37.2b cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.37.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befw11s4 1.37.9b cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.37.9b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befw11s4 1.40.3 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.40.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befw11s4 1.42.7 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.42.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys wap11 1.3 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:wap11:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys wap11 1.4 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:wap11:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1865

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