CVE-2002-2223 — Buffer overflow in NetScreen-Remote 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Internet Key Exchange (IKE) response packets, possibly including (1) a large Security Parameter Index (SPI) field, (2) large number of payloads, or (3) a long payload

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Buffer overflow in NetScreen-Remote 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Internet Key Exchange (IKE) response packets, possibly including (1) a large Security Parameter Index (SPI) field, (2) large number of payloads, or (3) a long payload

Published Feb 27, 2007

5.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.04%

Description

Buffer overflow in NetScreen-Remote 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Internet Key Exchange (IKE) response packets, possibly including (1) a large Security Parameter Index (SPI) field, (2) large number of payloads, or (3) a long payload.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.04% 0.03041

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

EPSS probability 0.03041

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.04% (0.03041)	87.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.02% (0.03018)	85.66th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.75% (0.01745)	81.28th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.58% (0.02583)	90.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 23, 2023	3.18% (0.03177)	90.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 8, 2023	3.14% (0.03140)	89.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 31, 2023	2.26% (0.02256)	88.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.97% (0.01970)	86.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.15% (0.04146)	86.08th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.15% (0.04146)	84.67th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.15% (0.04146)	68.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287771
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.netscreen.com/support/alerts/9_6_02.htm
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5668
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9850
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287771		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.netscreen.com/support/alerts/9_6_02.htm		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5668		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9850		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 27, 2007

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 26, 2007

Link CVE-2002-2223

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-2223

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-2223