CVE-2002-0115

Snort 1.8.3 - Denial of Service via Malformed ICMP Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0115. PoCs published by Sinbad.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a DoS vulnerability in Snort by sending an ICMP packet with a size of 1 byte, which crashes the Snort daemon due to an incorrect minimum ICMP header size definition of 8 bytes.

Description

Snort 1.8.3 does not properly define the minimum ICMP header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and core dump) via a malformed ICMP packet.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Sinbad · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21213

This exploit demonstrates a DoS vulnerability in Snort by sending an ICMP packet with a size of 1 byte, which crashes the Snort daemon due to an incorrect minimum ICMP header size definition of 8 bytes.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Snort (versions affected by CVE-2002-0115)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target running Snort
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3849
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/249340
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/2022
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7874.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0364
EPSS Percentile 88.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
martin_roesch/snort 1.8.3
Published Mar 25, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026