CVE-2002-1565
Buffer overflow in url_filename function for wget 1.8.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URL.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in url_filename function for wget 1.8.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URL.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-06-05 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-06-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 058305a4990cfd7e038855145ce48df80cb64dcac56eeaaaa86189eafa3643d9
05 Affected products
06 References
- patches.sgi.com20040202-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
- ftp.sco.comCSSA-2003-003.0ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-003.0.txt
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:716http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000716
- www.debian.orgDSA-209http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-209
- marc.info20030604 Immunix Secured OS 7+ wget updatehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105474357016184&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:372http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-372.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwget-url-filename-bo(10851)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10851
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wget Fixed in 1.8.2-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wget Fixed in 1.8.2-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wget Fixed in 1.8.2-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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