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CVE-2002-1496

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1496 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Null HTTP Server version 0.5.0 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted HTTP request containing a negative Content-Length header. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected server. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nulllogic:null_httpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21818 · Sep 23, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2253 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0284.html
freshmeat.net / releases/97910
iss.net / security_center/static/10160.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5774
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory