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CVE-2004-1052
Buffer overflow in the getnickuserhost function in BNC 2.8.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary…
High10.0EPSS 3.6%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the getnickuserhost function in BNC 2.8.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via an IRC server response that contains many (1) ! (exclamation) or (2) @ (at sign) characters.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://security.lss.hr/en/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-11-03 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20041110 BNC 2.8.9 remote buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 13149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- bnc-irc-getnickuserhost-bo(18013) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 11647 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .