CVE-2002-0496

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-0496 · Published 12/08/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0496 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting southwest (southwest).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
southwest southwest	`= 1.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

The HTTP server for SouthWest Talker server 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a malformed URL to port 5002.

References

iss.net/security_center/static/8626.php · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/264168 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/4362 · Exploit

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