CVE-2002-1201
IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or...
IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.
- Record
CVE-2002-1201- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.
- Record
CVE-2002-1201- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-1185 No score
IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.
- Record
EUVD-2002-1185- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fg7c-fchq-qxrp No score
IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or...
IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.
- Record
GHSA-fg7c-fchq-qxrp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-1201 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ibm Aix, published October 15, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.10%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345
securityfocus.com/bid/5925
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1201
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fg7c-fchq-qxrp