{"id":"CVE-2002-1865","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-1865","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:16.768Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the Embedded HTTP server, as used in (1) D-Link DI-804 4.68, Dl-704 V2.56b6, and Dl-704 V2.56b5 and (2) Linksys Etherfast BEFW11S4 Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router 1.37.2 through 1.42.7 and Linksys WAP11 1.3 and 1.4, allows remote…","description":"Buffer overflow in the Embedded HTTP server, as used in (1) D-Link DI-804 4.68, Dl-704 V2.56b6, and Dl-704 V2.56b5 and (2) Linksys Etherfast BEFW11S4 Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router 1.37.2 through 1.42.7 and Linksys WAP11 1.3 and 1.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long header, as demonstrated using the Host header.","published":"2002-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:00:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["d-link/di-804","d-link/dl-704","linksys/befw11s4","linksys/wap11"],"epss":{"score":0.02906,"percentile":0.86874,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2002-11-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21978,"kind":"exploit","title":"Linksys WAP11 1.3/1.4 / D-Link DI-804 4.68/Dl-704 2.56 b5 - Embedded HTTP Server Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21978","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/dos/21978.txt","file":"exploits/hardware/dos/21978.txt","published":"2002-11-01","added":"2002-11-01","updated":"2012-10-14","author":"Mark Litchfield","type":"dos","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2002-1865","OSVDB-59903"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6090/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0052.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10537.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6090","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0052.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10537.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6090","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1865","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}