mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…

Description

mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (16)

• eggdrop-servmsg-dos(50547) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 35104 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 54460 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20090515 eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1340 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-5572 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 8695 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/Changes1.6?revision=1.20&view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35690 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20090514 eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528778 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-5568 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 35158 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1826 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-1789](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-1789.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-1789)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:27 UTC.