CVE-2002-1059

7.5

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

73.11%

HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

NVD-CWE-Other

Buffer overflow in Van Dyke SecureCRT SSH client before 3.4.6, and 4.x before 4.0 beta 3, allows an SSH server to execute arbitrary code via a long SSH1 protocol version string.

Published: 10/4/2002

Modified: 4/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

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

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

73.11%HIGH Exploitation Risk

99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 73.11% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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