What is CVE-2018-5954?

CVE-2018-5954 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpfreechat, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-5954?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Phpfreechat

CVE-2018-5954

phpFreeChat 1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of connect commands.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.089 (94.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Phpfreechat
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5954?: CVE-2018-5954 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpfreechat, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-5954?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.