CVE-2002-0686

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the search component for iPlanet Web Server (iWS) 4.1 and Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the NS-rel-doc-name parameter.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4851

http://www.nextgenss.com/vna/sun-iws.txt

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/612843

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9506.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102622220416889&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-07-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04681