CVE-2002-1486 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the IRC component of Trillian versions 0.73 and 0.74. These flaws can be triggered by malicious IRC servers sending oversized responses or messages, or by a long response from an IDENT server. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing for potential denial of service and arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not on the KEV catalog, multiple exploit codes are publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.73CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.74CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.725CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.725:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.