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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-1424 json

Buffer overflow in munpack in mpack 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary cod…

published 2003-04-11 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1407

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in munpack in mpack 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • mpack Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1424

Exploit prediction

4.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • iss.net http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9747.php referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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