CVE-2003-0238 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in ICQ Pro 2003a by spoofing an ADS server and sending malicious HTML with invalid table width.
- 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-2003-0238?
CVE-2003-0238 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 May 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Message Session window in Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by spoofing the address of an ADS server and sending HTML with a -1 width in a table tag.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0238?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mirabilis Icq.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0238?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0238 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-2003-0238 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0238 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h99j-89vq-pj2w.