CVE-2002-1905

Polycom ViaVideo 2.2 and 3.0 - Denial of Service via Long HTTP GET Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1905. PoCs published by prophecy.net.nz.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a buffer overflow vulnerability in ViaVideo by sending an excessively long 'GET' request to the target device, causing a crash in the 'vvws.dll' library. The PoC uses Perl to generate the malicious request and netcat to deliver it.

Description

Buffer overflow in the web server of Polycom ViaVideo 2.2 and 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP GET request.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by prophecy.net.nz · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21941

This exploit demonstrates a buffer overflow vulnerability in ViaVideo by sending an excessively long 'GET' request to the target device, causing a crash in the 'vvws.dll' library. The PoC uses Perl to generate the malicious request and netcat to deliver it.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ViaVideo (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target device · ViaVideo service running on port 3603
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/295146
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10359.php
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5964

Scores

EPSS 0.0754
EPSS Percentile 93.9%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
polycom/viavideo 2.2
polycom/viavideo 3.0
Published Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026