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.
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
- PopMessenger 1.60 - Remote Denial of Service EDB-477 · dos · Sep 23, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- popmessenger-base64-dos(17465) vdb-entry
- 11230 vdb-entry
- 12612 third-party-advisory
- 20040921 Broadcast crash in Popmessenger 1.60 (before 20 Sep 2004) mailing-list