CVE-2001-0616 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat server versions prior to 4.1 SR3. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this by sending a URL request containing an MS-DOS device name, such as "/aux". This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:faust_informatics:freestyle_chat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.