CVE-2002-2306 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Sharman Networks KaZaA Media Desktop version 1.7.1. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending multiple large messages, leading to high CPU consumption and rendering the application unusable. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kazaa:kazaa_media_desktop:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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