CVE-2002-0142 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CGI handler of John Roy Pi3Web for Windows 2.0 beta 1 and 2. Attackers can crash the web server by sending a series of requests with a precisely 260-character physical path ending in multiple dot characters. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to a complete denial of service. While no active exploitation is confirmed, exploit code for a related buffer overflow exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this specific CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pi3:pi3web:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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