CVE-2002-1045 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 31 Aug 2002 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash Ultrafunk Popcorn servers by sending a malformed Date field causing a year overflow.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2002-1045?

CVE-2002-1045 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Ultrafunk Popcorn 1.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Date field that is converted into a year greater than 2037.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1045?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ultrafunk Popcorn.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1045?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1045 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-2002-1045 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1045 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cxfc-q5xx-wr6x.