CVE-2002-0371

CVE-2002-0371 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the gopher client of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1-6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, and ISA Server 2000. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a gopher:// URL that redirects to a server sending an overly long response, leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of Metasploit or Nuclei modules, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.