CVE-2002-2300
Buffer overflow in ftpd 5.4 in 3Com NBX 4.0.17 or ftpd 5.4.2 in 3Com NBX 4.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
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Description
Buffer overflow in ftpd 5.4 in 3Com NBX 4.0.17 or ftpd 5.4.2 in 3Com NBX 4.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long CEL command.
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
- 3Com SuperStack 3 NBX 4.0/4.1 - FTPD Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22060dos, hardwarepublished 2 Dec 2002Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://www.secnap.com/alerts.php?pg=6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 3com-nbx-cel-bo(10739) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1005732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20021202 [VU#317417] Denial of Service condition in vxworks ftpd/3com nbx (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030427 3com NBX IP Phone Call manager Denial of Service - Update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1006760 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#317417 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 6297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2002-2278 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2002-2300)Record last updated .