THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-2141
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2141

Tcp Chat vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
TCP Chat 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to the chat service, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Jollybox.De
Affected product
Tcp Chat
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2005-07-05

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-2005-2141

  • Confirm whether Jollybox.De Tcp Chat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2141.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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