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CVE-2002-2286

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The parse-get function in utils.c for apt-www-proxy 0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty HTTP request, which causes a null dereference.

Affected products

• Apt-Www-Proxy: 0.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0081.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6339
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10816
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0081.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6339
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10816

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