{"cve":"CVE-2002-0423","nvd":{"published":"2002-08-12T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:57:25.070","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in efingerd 1.5 and earlier, and possibly up to 1.61, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a finger request from an IP address with a long hostname that is obtained via a reverse DNS lookup.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html","http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/efingerd/efingerd_1.5.tar.gz","http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8380.php","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4239","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html"],"products":["efingerd:efingerd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:34:38.930894741+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2002-0423","score":0.05332,"percentile":0.92618,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}