Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0198

Title: ripMime long filename buffer overflow RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0198.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 16, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

5.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0198: Buffer overflow in plDaniels ripMime 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in other programs such as xamime and inflex, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment in a long filename.

Impacted Vendors

paul_l_daniels 2

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101182636812381&w=2 http://pldaniels.org/ripmime/CHANGELOG http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7983.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3941 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101182636812381&w=2 http://pldaniels.org/ripmime/CHANGELOG http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7983.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3941

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0198 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 16, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.