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CVE-2002-0789

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in search.cgi in mnoGoSearch 3.1.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query (q) parameter.

Affected products

• Mnogosearch: through 3.1.19

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0092.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9060.php
• http://www.mnogosearch.org/Download/mnogosearch-3.1.20.tar.gz
• http://www.mnogosearch.org/history.html#log31
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4724
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0092.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9060.php
• http://www.mnogosearch.org/Download/mnogosearch-3.1.20.tar.gz
• http://www.mnogosearch.org/history.html#log31
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4724

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