CVE-2002-2368 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Multiple buffer overflows in NEC SOCKS5 1.0 r11 and earlier)
Multiple buffer overflows in NEC SOCKS5 1.0 r11 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long username to (1) the GetString function in proxy.c for the SOCKS5 module or (2) the HandleS4Connection function in proxy.c for the SOCKS4 module.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-2368 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | CWE-119 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Multiple buffer overflows in NEC SOCKS5 1.0 r11 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long username to (1) the GetString function in proxy.c for the SOCKS5 module or (2) the HandleS4Connection function in proxy.c for the SOCKS4 module. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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