CVE-2002-0079 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via a buffer overflow in IIS chunked encoding.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-0079?
CVE-2002-0079 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0079?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2002-0079 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0079 exists.
Public exploit code: 4 Exploit-DB entries.
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- CVE-1999-0407 By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or
- CVE-1999-0874 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jj78-89rw-69p6.