CVE-2006-4455

high

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Xchat 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the PRIVMSG command. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that it does not affect 2.6.7 "or any recent version"

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2147

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2124

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28325

http://www.xchat.org/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19398

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016687

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115523184321922&w=2

http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=2918

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-30

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.47508