Description
Flash Messaging 5.2.0g (rev 1.1.2) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain wide characters.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- 3Com OfficeConnect Routers - Remote Denial of Service EDB-10553 · dos · Dec 19, 2009
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- flash-messaging-dos(17647) vdb-entry
- 20041007 Server crash in Flash Messaging 5.2.0g mailing-list
- 1011569 vdb-entry
- 12759 third-party-advisory
- 11351 vdb-entry