CVE-2002-1222: cisco catos

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-1222 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in cisco catos. EPSS estimates a 8.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 01-09-2004
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the embedded HTTP server for Cisco Catalyst switches running CatOS 5.4 through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reset) via a long HTTP request.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.