CVE-2002-2155 is a format string vulnerability in Trillian versions 0.725 and 0.73, specifically within its IRC invite response error handling. This flaw allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code by sending an invite to a channel whose name contains format string specifiers. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.73CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.725CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.725:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.