CVE-2002-2223: Juniper Netscreen Remote Security Client

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in NetScreen-Remote 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Internet Key Exchange (IKE) response packets, possibly including (1) a large Security Parameter Index (SPI) field, (2) large number of payloads, or (3) a long payload.

Affected products

• Juniper Netscreen Remote Security Client: version 8.0 only
• Juniper Netscreen Remote VPN Client: version 8.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.