BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.9% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• FreeBSD-SA-00:32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
• 20000707 BitchX update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2000:042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• CSSA-2000-022.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
• 1436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• irc-bitchx-invite-dos(4897) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20000704 BitchX exploit possibly waiting to happen, certain DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20000707 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - BitchX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20000704 BitchX /ignore bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 05:21 UTC.