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CVE-2002-0684
Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc…
High7.5EPSS 5.9%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code through a subroutine used by functions such as getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 20 days later
· 20 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)
- 5.9% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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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 (5)
- MDKSA-2002:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- CLSA-2002:507 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- VU#542971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20020704 Re: Remote buffer overflow in resolver code of libc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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