CVE-2001-0675 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in The Bat! email client by sending an email with a malformed carriage return.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0675?
CVE-2001-0675 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Rit Research Labs The Bat! 1.51 for Windows allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending an email to a user's account containing a carriage return <CR> that is not followed by a line feed <LF>.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0675?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ritlabs the Bat.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0675?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0675 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-0675 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0675 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2r4r-h566-5q6r.