CVE-2004-1597 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service and potential data corruption on BlackBerry devices by sending a calendar message with an overly long Location field.
- 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-2004-1597?
CVE-2004-1597 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
RIM Blackberry 7230 running RIM Blackberry OS 3.7 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot and possibly data corruption) via a calendar message with a long Location field, which triggers a watchdog while the message is being stored.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1597?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rim Blackberry.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1597?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1597 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-2004-1597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h6j8-h5j9-864g.