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CVE-2002-0651 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the DNS resolver code used in libc, glibc)

Buffer overflow in the DNS resolver code used in libc, glibc, and libbind, as derived from ISC BIND, allows remote malicious DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the stub resolvers.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0651
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-07-03
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the DNS resolver code used in libc, glibc, and libbind, as derived from ISC BIND, allows remote malicious DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the stub resolvers.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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