Vulnerability in Colten Edwards Bitchx

CVE-2001-0050

Buffer overflow in BitchX IRC client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via an IP address that resolves to a long DNS hostname or domain name.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.146 (96.5th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2001-0050: held from 0.146 to 0.146.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.146 · newest: 0.146 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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