CVE-2002-1779 describes a vulnerability in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 where its "block fragmented IP Packets" option fails to adequately protect against attacks targeting Windows vulnerabilities like jolt2. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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