CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0967

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in eDonkey 2000 version 35.16.60 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long 'ed2k:' URL.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the service or execute unauthorized code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update eDonkey 2000 to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in eDonkey 2000 35.16.60 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long "ed2k:" URL.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS