CVE-2002-1652

HIGH 7.5CVE-2002-1652 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1652 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting cgiemail (mit).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.0%, higher than 94.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cgiemail mit	`= 1.6`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in cgicso.c for cgiemail 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long query parameter.

References

securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/185251 · US Government Resource
securiteam.com/exploits/5TP0W005FE.html · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/6141 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10595

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