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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-0371 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in gopher client for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 through 6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, or ISA Server 2000 allows remote attack…

published 2002-06-15 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0368

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
54.4%
EPSS 54.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in gopher client for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 through 6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, or ISA Server 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a gopher:// URL that redirects the user to a real or simulated gopher server that sends a long response.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-21510)

Exploit prediction

54.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21510 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 / Microsoft ISA Server 2000 / Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 Gopher Client - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2002-07-27

CVSS scores

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

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.