CVE-2002-2140 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Cisco PIX Firewall versions 5.2.x through 6.2.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted HTTP traffic when the firewall is configured to use TACACS+ or RADIUS for authentication. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to a potential loss of availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV entry, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.