CVE-2002-0056: Microsoft SQL Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 24.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long OLE DB provider name to (1) OpenDataSource or (2) OpenRowset in an ad hoc connection.

Affected products

• Microsoft SQL Server: version 7.0 only; version 2000 only

Published 2002-03-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.