CVE-2002-0198

Inflex vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

5.3%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in plDaniels ripMime 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in other programs such as xamime and inflex, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment in a long filename.

Affected vendor

Paul L Daniels

Affected product

Inflex

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2002-05-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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