CVE-2002-2306

Exp

Sharman Networks KaZaA Media Desktop 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending several large messages.

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-2002-2306 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.16%). 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-2002-2306

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21653 exploit_db edb 2002-07-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2306

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 5.40% 3.16% -2.24%
2 2026-06-07 5.54% 5.40% -0.14%
3 2026-05-28 — 5.54% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2306

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2306

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2306

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kazaa kazaa_media_desktop 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:kazaa:kazaa_media_desktop:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2306

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