CVE-2002-0371

highpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.544 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

54.4% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflow in gopher client for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 through 6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, or ISA Server 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a gopher:// URL that redirects the user to a real or simulated gopher server that sends a long response.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-21510Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 / Microsoft ISA Server 2000 / Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 Gopher Client - Remote Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft internet explorer= 5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft isa server= 2000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:isa_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft proxy server= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:proxy_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university of minnesota gopherall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_minnesota:gopher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-07-03modified 2026-06-16

references (18)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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