What is CVE-2002-2366?

CVE-2002-2366 is a vulnerability in Cerulean Studios Trillian, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2002-12-31.

Is CVE-2002-2366 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Cerulean Studios Trillian

CVE-2002-2366

Buffer overflow in the XML parser of Trillian 0.6351, 0.725 and 0.73 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a skin with a long colors file name in trillian.xml.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2002-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cerulean Studios Trillian — versions 0.73, 0.725, 0.6351

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0334.html (mailing-list)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/9999.php (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5601 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-2366?: CVE-2002-2366 is a vulnerability in Cerulean Studios Trillian, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-2366 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.