CVE-2002-2329

Exp

ICQ client 2001b, 2002a and 2002b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a message with a large number of emoticons.

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-2002-2329 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.00%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-2329

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2329

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 2025-07-15 0.60% 1.00% +0.40%
2 2025-05-24 0.46% 0.60% +0.14%
3 2025-05-22 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2329

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-2002-2329

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2329

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mirabilis icq 2001b cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:2001b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mirabilis icq 2002a cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:2002a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mirabilis icq 2002b cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:2002b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2329

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