CVE-2002-2156 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Trillian version 0.73, allowing remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code through an excessively long PING response. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, low access complexity, and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness despite its age.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.73CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.