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CVE-2002-2291

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2291 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Calisto Internet Talker 0.04 and earlier, where a remote attacker can cause the application to hang by sending a long request, likely due to a buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and results in a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:calisto:calisto_internet_talker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0090.html
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/300986
Exploit
securityreason.com / securityalert/3241
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10694
securityfocus.com / bid/6238
Patch