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CVE-2002-0251

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in licq 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of format string characters such as "%d".

Affected products

• Licq: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101301254432079&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101318594420200&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8107.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4036
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101301254432079&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101318594420200&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8107.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4036

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