THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-2367
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-2367

Socks5 vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
5.4%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Off-by-one buffer overflow in NEC SOCKS5 1.0 r11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hostname.
Affected vendor
Socks5
Affected product
Socks5
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
  • CWE-189
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 5.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-2367

  • Confirm whether Socks5 Socks5 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-2367.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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