MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1424

Mpack vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in munpack in mpack 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected vendor
John G. Myers
Affected product
Mpack
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2003-04-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1424

  • Confirm whether John G. Myers Mpack is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1424.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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