CVE-2002-1426 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting HP ProCurve Switch 4000M C.07.23. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the device by sending a specially crafted SNMP write request containing 85 characters, likely due to a buffer overflow. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a critical impact on availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-21657) exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
c.07.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:hp:procurve_switch_4000m:c.07.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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