CVE-2007-6103
I Hear U (IHU) 0.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause (1) a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that contains zero in the size field in its header, which is improperly handled by the Receiver::processPacket function; and (2) a…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
I Hear U (IHU) 0.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause (1) a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that contains zero in the size field in its header, which is improperly handled by the Receiver::processPacket function; and (2) a denial of service (daemon crash) via an (a) IHU_INFO_INIT or a (b) IHU_INFO_RING packet that does not specify the mode, which is improperly handled by the Player::ring function in Player.cpp.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.96% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 November 2007
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- ihu/i hear u
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ihudos-adv.txtExploit
- http://osvdb.org/42395
- http://osvdb.org/42396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27754Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=355409&group_id=75788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26516
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38568
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38569
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ihudos-adv.txtExploit
- http://osvdb.org/42395
- http://osvdb.org/42396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27754Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=355409&group_id=75788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26516
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38568
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38569
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.