CVE-2000-0594

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 9.9%

from disclosure to weapon0 days

Published on NVDOct 13

1st PoCJul 5

exploitation probability

9.9%top 5% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof

exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/20060

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897 http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436