Vulnerability in Nylon

CVE-2002-2124

The recvn and sendn functions in nylon 0.2 do not check when the recv function call returns 0, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by closing the connection while recv is executing.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Nylon — versions 0.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References