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CVE-2002-1359

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 80.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle large packets or large fields, which may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated by the SSHredder SSH protocol test suite.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: 12.0s, 12.0st, 12.1e, 12.1ea, 12.1t, 12.2 (+2)
• Fissh Ssh Client: 1.0a_for_windows
• Intersoft Securenetterm: 5.4.1
• Netcomposite Shellguard Ssh: 3.4.6
• Pragma Systems Secureshell: 2.0
• PuTTY: 0.48, 0.49, 0.53
• Winscp: 2.0.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0110.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1005812
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1005813
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-36.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6407
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10870
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5848
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0110.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1005812
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1005813
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-36.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6407

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