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CVE-2002-0965

79
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0965 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the TNS Listener of Oracle 9i Database Server on Windows and Oracle 8 on VM. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long SERVICE_NAME parameter, which is mishandled when logging error messages. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating its recognized exploitability despite being an older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle9i:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle9i:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle9i:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
69.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Oracle 8i TNS Listener SERVICE_NAME Buffer Overflow · May 27, 2002
ExploitDB: EDB-16341 · Nov 24, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6981 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-q2/0096.html
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/276526
otn.oracle.com / deploy/security/pdf/net9_dos_alert.pdf
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/9288.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/630091
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/4845
PatchVendor Advisory