Vulnerability in Xchat
CVE-2006-4455
Unspecified vulnerability in Xchat 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the PRIVMSG command. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that it does not affect 2.6.7 "or any recent version"
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.051 (92.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.051 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28325 (vdb-entry)
- www.xchat.org/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19398 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2124 (exploit)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2147 (exploit)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-4455?
- CVE-2006-4455 is a vulnerability in Xchat. Published 2006-08-30.
- Is CVE-2006-4455 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.