CVE-2004-2646 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Free Web Chat via a null pointer exception in the user addition function.

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-2004-2646?

CVE-2004-2646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The addUser function in UserManager.java in Free Web Chat 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaught NullPointerException) via unknown attack vectors that cause the usrName variable to be null.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2646?

How do I fix CVE-2004-2646?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2004-2646 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2646 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wjrq-3hqr-vp6g.

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