Vulnerability in Xchat
CVE-2002-0006
XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.081 (94.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.081 · newest: 0.081 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xchat — versions 1.4.2, 1.4.3
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7856 (vdb-entry)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-005.html (vendor-advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3806 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-099 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)