CVE-2004-2016: Netchat Subnet Chat Application

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP server in NetChat 7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long GET request.

Affected products

• Netchat Subnet Chat Application: version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.