CVE-2002-2367

HIGH 7.8CVE-2002-2367 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-2367 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting socks5 (socks5).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.4%, higher than 92.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
socks5 socks5	`= 1.0_r11`	No fix yet

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in NEC SOCKS5 1.0 r11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hostname.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0033.html · Exploit
iss.net/security_center/static/9484.php
securityfocus.com/bid/5149

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