CVE-2002-2295

Exp

Buffer overflow in Pico Server (pServ) 2.0 beta 1 through beta 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a 1024-byte TCP stream message, which triggers an off-by-one buffer overflow, or (2) a long method name in an HTTP request, (3) a long version number in an HTTP request, (4) a long User-Agent header, or (5) a long file path.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2295 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.45%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 5 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-2002-2295

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22056 exploit_db edb 2002-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2295

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 2026-06-06 21.79% 22.45% +0.66%
2 2025-12-15 23.07% 21.79% -1.28%
3 2025-08-06 23.07%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2295

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-2002-2295

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2295

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pico_server pico_server 2.0_beta_1 cpe:2.3:a:pico_server:pico_server:2.0_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pico_server pico_server 2.0_beta_2 cpe:2.3:a:pico_server:pico_server:2.0_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pico_server pico_server 2.0_beta_3 cpe:2.3:a:pico_server:pico_server:2.0_beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pico_server pico_server 2.0_beta_5 cpe:2.3:a:pico_server:pico_server:2.0_beta_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2295

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