CVE-2002-1351 — Buffer overflow in Melange Chat System 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (chat server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the msgText buffer in the chat_InterpretData function, as demonstrated via a long Nick (nickname) request

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Buffer overflow in Melange Chat System 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (chat server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the msgText buffer in the chat_InterpretData function, as demonstrated via a long Nick (nickname) request

Published Apr 14, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.76%

Description

Buffer overflow in Melange Chat System 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (chat server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the msgText buffer in the chat_InterpretData function, as demonstrated via a long Nick (nickname) request.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.76% 0.05761

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05761

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
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EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
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Table of values (10 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.76% (0.05761)	92.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.76% (0.05761)	92.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jan 19, 2026	28.77% (0.28768)	96.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
May 13, 2025	8.45% (0.08448)	91.86th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	6.52% (0.06523)	90.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.85% (0.02848)	91.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.85% (0.02848)	89.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.21% (0.06211)	90.72th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.21% (0.06211)	89.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.21% (0.06211)	77.71th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1005831
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=33&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6477
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10939
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005831		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=33&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6477		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10939		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 14, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Dec 13, 2002

Link CVE-2002-1351

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1351

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1351