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CVE-2002-1573: Unspecified vulnerability in the pcilynx ieee1394 firewire driver (pcilynx.c) in Linux kernel before 2.4.20…
CVE-2002-1573 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Linux Kernel. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Unspecified vulnerability in the pcilynx ieee1394 firewire driver (pcilynx.c) in Linux kernel before 2.4.20 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "wrap handling."
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Linux Kernel: 2.4.0; 2.4.0 test1; 2.4.0 test10; 2.4.0 test11; 2.4.0 test12; 2.4.0 test2; 2.4.0 test3; 2.4.0 test4; 2.4.0 test5; 2.4.0 test6; 2.4.0 test7; 2.4.0 test8