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CVE-2002-1698

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft MSN Messenger Service 1.0 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long FN (font) argument in the message header.

Affected products

• Microsoft Msn Messenger: 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, 3.0, 3.6, 4.0 (+2)

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271130
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4675
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9014
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271130
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4675
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9014

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