CVE-2005-0681 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a phone restart via a malicious Bluetooth nickname, affecting Nokia Symbian 60 devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2005-0681?

CVE-2005-0681 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Mar 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Nokia Symbian 60 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (phone restart) via a Bluetooth nickname.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0681?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nokia Series.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0681?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0681 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-2005-0681 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0681 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w3qv-xmrq-7r47.

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