CVE-2002-1024 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS versions 12.0 through 12.2, as well as Cisco CatOS, CSS11000, and PIX Firewall software, when SSH is enabled. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a large, specially crafted packet, leveraging a previous SSH CRC32 attack detection overflow to consume excessive CPU resources. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0spCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0sp:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0stCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0st:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0xbCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0xb:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0xmCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0xm:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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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.