What is CVE-2015-6674?

CVE-2015-6674 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inspircd, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-6674?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Inspircd

CVE-2015-6674

Buffer underflow vulnerability in the Debian inspircd package before 2.0.5-1+deb7u1 for wheezy and before 2.0.16-1 for jessie and sid. NOTE: This issue exists as an additional issue from an incomplete fix of CVE-2012-1836.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.023 (81.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Inspircd
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6674?: CVE-2015-6674 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inspircd, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-6674?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.