CVE-2005-2141

TCP Chat 1.0 - Denial of Service via Long String to Chat Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2141. PoCs published by basher13.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit sends a large string of repeated text to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in TCP Chat 1.0 by overwhelming the server. It establishes a TCP connection and transmits the payload, causing the server to crash.

Description

TCP Chat 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to the chat service, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by basher13 · c++doswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1090

This exploit sends a large string of repeated text to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in TCP Chat 1.0 by overwhelming the server. It establishes a TCP connection and transmits the payload, causing the server to crash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: TCP Chat 1.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server · TCP port 1234 (or custom port) must be open
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014371

Scores

EPSS 0.0413
EPSS Percentile 88.9%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
jollybox.de/tcp_chat 1.0
Published Jul 05, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026