# CVE-2002-0053: Buffer overflow in SNMP agent service in Windows 95/98/98SE, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2002-02-18 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in SNMP agent service in Windows 95/98/98SE, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a malformed management request. NOTE: this candidate may be split or merged with other candidates. This and other PROTOS-related candidates, especially CVE-2002-0012 and CVE-2002-0013, will be updated when more accurate information is available.

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## References

- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0013
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0012
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-006
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107186
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A402
- http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/snmpv1/index.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854306
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A209

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