HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-2306

Kazaa Media Desktop vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Sharman Networks KaZaA Media Desktop 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending several large messages.
Affected vendor
Kazaa
Affected product
Kazaa Media Desktop
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2002-12-31

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-2306

  • Confirm whether Kazaa Kazaa Media Desktop is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-2306.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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