CVE-2002-0079
Buffer overflow in the chunked encoding transfer mechanism in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 Active Server Pages allows attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 78.0%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the chunked encoding transfer mechanism in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 Active Server Pages allows attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 77.96% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 4 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 April 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet information server · microsoft/internet information services
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 78.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (4)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-21371source ↗ | Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (4)windows · yuange | remote | 24 April 2002 | yes |
| EDB-21369source ↗ | Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (2)windows · hsj | remote | 14 April 2002 | yes |
| EDB-21370source ↗ | Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (3)windows · NeMeS||y | remote | 10 April 2002 | yes |
| EDB-21368source ↗ | Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (1)windows · CHINANSL Security Team | remote | 10 April 2002 | yes |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101846993304518&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8795.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/610291US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4485
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A25
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101846993304518&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8795.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/610291US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4485
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A25
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.