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CVE-2002-0965· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Buffer overflow in TNS Listener for Oracle 9i Database Server on Windows systems, and Oracle 8 on VM, allows local users to execute arbitrar

Buffer overflow in TNS Listener for Oracle 9i Database Server on Windows systems, and Oracle 8 on VM, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long SERVICE_NAME parameter, which is not properly handled when writing an error message to a log file.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Oct 4, 2002
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
69.8% · 99th percentile
CWE
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Action score

51

Plan

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CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
21 / 30 · 69.8%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
oracleoracle9i

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • oracle oracle9i9.0
  • oracle oracle9i9.0.1
  • oracle oracle9i9.0.2

Same product

oracle: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2002-0571Oracle Oracle9i database server 9.0.1.x allows local users to access restricted data via a SQL query using ANSI outer join syntax.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2002-0509Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) Listener in Oracle 9i 9.0.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2001-0518Oracle listener before Oracle 9i allows attackers to cause a denial of service by repeatedly sending the first portion of a fragmented Oracl
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Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2010-11-24
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/oracle/tns_service_nameOracle 8i TNS Listener SERVICE_NAME Buffer Overflowexploit2002-05-27

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-130 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+2973 d
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+8762 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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