CVE-2002-0552: Melange Chat System

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 8.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in Melange Chat server 2.02 allow remote or local attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument in the /yell command, (2) long lines in the /etc/melange.conf configuration file, (3) long file names, or possibly other attacks.

Affected products

• Melange Melange Chat System: version 2.0.2_beta_2 only

Published 2002-07-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.