CVE-2002-0886 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco DSL CPE devices running CBOS 2.4.4 and earlier. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending large packets to the DHCP or Telnet ports, or by flooding the device with large packets, causing the TCP/IP stack to consume excessive memory and lead to a hang or crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting ongoing interest despite its age.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cbos:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cbos:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cbos:2.1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cbos:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cbos:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.