CVE-2002-1653: FARM9 Cryptcat

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Farm9 Cryptcat, when started in server mode with the -e option, does not enable encryption, which allows clients to communicate without encryption despite intended configuration, and may allow remote attackers to sniff sensitive information.

Affected products

• FARM9 Cryptcat: version 1.10 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.