Description
Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a version field containing zero.
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
- Ipswitch Instant Messaging 2.0.8.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-31122 · dos · Feb 7, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt
- 20080207 Multiple vulnerabilities in Ipswitch Instant Messaging 2.0.8.1 mailing-list
- 27677 vdb-entry
- 3697 third-party-advisory
- 28824 third-party-advisory