What is CVE-2003-1000?

CVE-2003-1000 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xchat, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2004-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2003-1000?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Xchat

CVE-2003-1000

xchat 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a passive DCC request with an invalid ID number, which causes a null dereference.

EPSS: 0.026 (83.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Xchat — versions 2.0.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2003-1000?: CVE-2003-1000 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xchat, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2004-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2003-1000?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.