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CVE-2002-0525

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerabilities in (1) inews or (2) rnews for INN 2.2.3 and earlier allow local users and remote malicious NNTP servers to gain privileges via format string specifiers in NTTP responses.

Affected products

• ISC Inn: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0140.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8834.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4501
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0140.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8834.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4501

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