CVE-2006-4021

LOW 2.6CVE-2006-4021 · Published 17/08/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-4021 is a LOW (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability affecting scatterchat (scatterchat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.66%, higher than 51.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
scatterchat scatterchat	`= 1.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

The cryptographic module in ScatterChat 1.0.x allows attackers to identify patterns in large numbers of messages by identifying collisions using a birthday attack on the custom padding mechanism for ECB mode encryption.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/1396
scatterchat.com/advisories/2006-01_non_tech.html · Vendor Advisory
scatterchat.com/advisories/2006-01_tech.html · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/443038/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/19485

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