CVE-2003-0323
Multiple buffer overflows in ircII 20020912 allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via responses that are not properly fed to the my_strcat function by (1) ctcp_buffer, (2)…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in ircII 20020912 allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via responses that are not properly fed to the my_strcat function by (1) ctcp_buffer, (2) cannot_join_channel, (3) status_make_printable for Statusbar drawing, (4) create_server_list, and possibly other functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.60% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- michael sandrof/ircii
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104808915402926&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-291Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-298
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7098
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104808915402926&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-291Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-298
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7098
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.