CVE-2002-1566

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1566 · Published 27/08/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1566 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting netris (netris).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.4%, higher than 88.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
netris netris	`= 0.3= 0.4= 0.5`	No fix yet

Description

netris 0.5, and possibly other versions before 0.52, when running with the -w (wait) option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to port 9284.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/5680 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10081

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