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CVE-2002-2271

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in BigFun 1.51b IRC client, when the Direct Client Connection (DCC) option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string.

Affected products

• Bigfun: 1.5.1

References

• http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/6G003156AE.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10757
• http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/6G003156AE.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10757

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