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CVE-2002-2243

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not...

5.0 Medium

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.

Exploit likelihood

1.40%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.

Record
CVE-2002-2243
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.

Record
CVE-2002-2243
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-2222 No score

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.

Record
EUVD-2002-2222
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8qr4-8vg8-vqvr No score

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not...

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.

Record
GHSA-8qr4-8vg8-vqvr
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2002-2243 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Akfingerd, published December 31, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.40%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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