CVE-2002-0237 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in ISS BlackICE Defender 2.9 and earlier, BlackICE Agent 3.0 and 3.1, and RealSecure Server Sensor 6.0.1 and 6.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a flood of large ICMP ping packets. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_agent:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_defender:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9capCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_defender:2.9cap:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9caqCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_defender:2.9caq:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.