CVE-2002-2155

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the error handling of IRC invite responses for Trillian 0.725 and 0.73 allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via an invite to a channel with format string specifiers in the name.

Affected products

Cerulean Studios Trillian: 0.73, 0.725

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9761.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/285695
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5388
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9761.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/285695
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5388

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