CVE-2002-1905

Exp

Buffer overflow in the web server of Polycom ViaVideo 2.2 and 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP GET request.

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-2002-1905 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.35%). 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-2002-1905

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21941 exploit_db edb 2002-10-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1905

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 2025-07-27 3.54% 4.35% +0.82%
2 2025-05-01 2.93% 3.54% +0.61%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.93% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1905

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-2002-1905

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1905

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
polycom viavideo 2.2 cpe:2.3:h:polycom:viavideo:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
polycom viavideo 3.0 cpe:2.3:h:polycom:viavideo:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1905

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