CVE-2002-1621: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 6.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the file_comp function in rcp for IBM AIX 4.3.x and 5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.3 only; version 4.3.1 only; version 4.3.2 only; version 4.3.3 only; version 5.1 only

Published 2002-04-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.