CVE-2000-0601
LeafChat 1.7 IRC client allows a remote IRC server to cause a denial of service by rapidly sending a large amount of error messages.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
LeafChat 1.7 IRC client allows a remote IRC server to cause a denial of service by rapidly sending a large amount of error messages.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.07% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 June 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- leafdigital/leafchat
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.leafdigital.com/Software/leafChat/history.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1396
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.BSF.4.10.10006252056110.74551-100000%40unix.za.net
- http://www.leafdigital.com/Software/leafChat/history.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1396
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.BSF.4.10.10006252056110.74551-100000%40unix.za.net
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.