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CVE-2002-0020 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in telnet server in Windows 2000 and Interix)

Buffer overflow in telnet server in Windows 2000 and Interix 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed protocol options.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0020
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-03-08
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in telnet server in Windows 2000 and Interix 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed protocol options.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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