CVE-2004-1698 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the PopMessenger application by sending messages with invalid characters, causing multiple alert dialogs.
- 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-2004-1698?
CVE-2004-1698 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
The Base64 function in PopMessenger 1.60 (before 20 Sep 2004) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via invalid characters in a message, which causes several alert dialogs to be displayed and leads to a crash.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1698?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Leadmind Popmessenger.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1698 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-2004-1698 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1698 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7gjr-q697-2f77.