CVE-2005-1801 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the Nokia 9500 vCard viewer by sending a vCard with an excessively long Name field, requiring user interaction to view.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-1801?
CVE-2005-1801 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The vCard viewer in Nokia 9500 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a vCard with a long Name field, which causes the crash when the user views it.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1801?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nokia 9500.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1801 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-2005-1801 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-1801 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cp24-qvpw-wmp5.