# CVE-2002-0909

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-0909
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.04
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Aug 31, 2002
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in mnews 1.22 and earlier allow (1) a remote NNTP server to execute arbitrary code via long responses, or local users can gain privileges via long command line arguments (2) -f, (3) -n, (4) -D, (5) -M, or (6) -P, or via long environment variables (7) JNAMES or (8) MAILSERVER.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102306166201275&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4900)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4899)
- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9227.php)
- [CNA](http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0287.html)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102297259123103&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9226.php)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 1.09%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 77.6

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-17._