CVE-2004-2646 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The addUser function in UserManager.java in Free Web Chat 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaught NullPointerException) via unknown attack vectors that cause the usrName variable to be null.

Published: 2005-12-04

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 11.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:reid_garner:free_web_chat:initial_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11437.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0102.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109164397601049&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Aug/1010851.html
http://www.osvdb.org/8369
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10863
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16893

History

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Subscriptions

Reid Garner Free Web Chat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-04T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:25.102Z

Reserved: 2005-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2646

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2646

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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