{"id":"CVE-2020-14148","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-14148","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:26:38.091Z","title":"The Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd before 26~rc2 allows an out-of-bounds access, as demonstrated by the IRC_NJOIN() function.","description":"The Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd before 26~rc2 allows an out-of-bounds access, as demonstrated by the IRC_NJOIN() function.","published":"2020-06-15T18:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:54:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["barton/ngircd","debian/debian linux","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.02571,"percentile":0.85054,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/274","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/277","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/275","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/276","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/releases/tag/rel-26-rc2","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00023.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJOYV5GHUFJMUVQW3TJKXZ7JPXL4W3ER/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JZRYFJIA6ZKOH7U4K5WH5OL7OKXE4N52/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/274","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/277","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/275","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/276","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/releases/tag/rel-26-rc2","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00023.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJOYV5GHUFJMUVQW3TJKXZ7JPXL4W3ER/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JZRYFJIA6ZKOH7U4K5WH5OL7OKXE4N52/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14148","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}