What is CVE-2002-1360?

CVE-2002-1360 is a vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2002-12-23.

Is CVE-2002-1360 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Cisco iOS

CVE-2002-1360

Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle strings with null characters in them when the string length is specified by a length field, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code due to interactions with the use of null-terminated strings as implemented using languages such as C, as demonstrated by the SSHredder SSH protocol test suite.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2002-12-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.061 (93.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.061 · newest: 0.061 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco iOS — versions 12.0s, 12.0st, 12.1e
Fissh SSH Client — versions 1.0a_for_windows
Intersoft Securenetterm — versions 5.4.1
Netcomposite Shellguard SSH — versions 3.4.6
Pragma Systems Secureshell — versions 2.0
Putty — versions 0.48, 0.49, 0.53
Winscp — versions 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5797 (signature, vdb-entry)
www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-36.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0110.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1360?: CVE-2002-1360 is a vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2002-12-23.
Is CVE-2002-1360 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.