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CVE-2002-2124

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% 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 recvn and sendn functions in nylon 0.2 do not check when the recv function call returns 0, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by closing the connection while recv is executing.

Affected products

• Nylon: 0.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/7281
• http://www.security-express.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0146.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5938
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10334
• http://secunia.com/advisories/7281
• http://www.security-express.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0146.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5938
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10334

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