CVE-2002-2370

Exp

SWS web server 0.0.4, 0.0.3 and 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a URL request that does not end with a newline.

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-2002-2370 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.17%). 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-2002-2370

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21775 exploit_db edb 2002-09-02 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2370

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 5.29% 3.17% -2.12%
2 2025-12-18 3.51% 5.29% +1.79%
3 2025-11-25 — 3.51% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2370

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-2002-2370

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2370

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sws sws_simple_web_server 0.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sws:sws_simple_web_server:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sws sws_simple_web_server 0.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:sws:sws_simple_web_server:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sws sws_simple_web_server 0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:sws:sws_simple_web_server:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2370

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