MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2004-0247

Chaser Client vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The client and server of Chaser 1.50 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash via exception) via a UDP packet with a length field that is greater than the actual data length, which causes Chaser to read unexpected memory.
Affected vendor
Cauldron
Affected product
Chaser Client
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2004-11-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-0247

  • Confirm whether Cauldron Chaser Client is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-0247.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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