CVE-2002-0371
Buffer overflow in gopher client for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 through 6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, or ISA Server 2000 allows remote…
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- mitre
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 / Microsoft ISA Server 2000 / Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 Gopher Client - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21510remote, windowspublished 27 Jul 2002Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 38 days later
· 38 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 54.4% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 4930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ie-gopher-bo(9247) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020604 Buffer overflow in MSIE gopher code (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020613 Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:98 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#440275 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS02-027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20020613 Flawed workaround in MS02-027 -- gopher can run on _any_ port, not just 70 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.pivx.com/workaround_fail.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-0368 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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