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CVE-2002-1779

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The "block fragmented IP Packets" option in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 (NPW) does not properly protect against certain attacks on Windows vulnerabilities such as jolt2 (CVE-2000-0305).

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Personal Firewall: 2002

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267850
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2002.05.16.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4545
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267850
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2002.05.16.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4545

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