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CVE-2009-20007criticalCWE-121

Talkative IRC v0.4.4.16 Response Buffer Overflow

63Vexday Risk Score

Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.

ssvc Attendcvss 9.3epss 1.7%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDSep 16
metasploitMar 17
exploitation probability
1.7%top 25% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
4 public exploit(s)
Talkative IRC v0.4.4.16 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing specially crafted response strings sent to a connected client. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending an overly long message that overflows a fixed-length buffer, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the vulnerable process. This vulnerability is exploitable remotely and does not require authentication.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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