CVE-2002-1424 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the munpack utility within mpack versions 1.5 and earlier, impacting products by John G. Myers. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication, primarily leading to availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:john_g._myers:mpack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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