CVE-2002-1756 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash ACDSee by tricking users into viewing properties of a malicious .ais file with an overly long description.
- 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-2002-1756?
CVE-2002-1756 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jun 2005. 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
ACDSee 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an .ais file with a long file description field, which is not properly handled when the file properties of the file are viewed.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1756?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Acd Systems Acdsee.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1756?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1756 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-2002-1756 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1756 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-275f-wc6q-wvqf.