CVE-2002-0272

Mpg321 vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

5.5%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflows in mpg321 before 0.2.9 allows local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL to (1) a command line option, (2) an HTTP request, or (3) an FTP request.

Affected vendor

Mpg321

Affected product

Mpg321

CVSS vector

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

Published

2002-05-31

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 5.5% 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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