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CVE-2002-0909

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.77%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-10-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2002-0909
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.77%

Original NVD Description

Multiple buffer overflows in mnews 1.22 and earlier allow (1) a remote NNTP server to execute arbitrary code via long responses, or local users can gain privileges via long command line arguments (2) -f, (3) -n, (4) -D, (5) -M, or (6) -P, or via long environment variables (7) JNAMES or (8) MAILSERVER.