CVE-2002-2368

CVE-2002-2368 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in NEC SOCKS5 1.0 r11 and earlier, affecting both its SOCKS5 and SOCKS4 modules. These flaws allow unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long username. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older CVE.