CVE-2004-1698 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.47% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-09-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| leadmind | popmessenger |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PopMessenger 1.60 - Remote Denial of Service | 2004-09-23 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109581586128899&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12612/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11230
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17465
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109581586128899&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12612/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11230
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17465
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