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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-2226 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in tftpd of TFTP32 2.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument.

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-2205

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
63.5%
EPSS 63.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in tftpd of TFTP32 2.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/tftp/tftpd32_long_filename)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

63.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.