CVE-2006-4455 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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"

Published: 2006-08-30

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 47.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.47508.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=2918
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115523184321922&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016687
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19398
http://www.xchat.org/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28325
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2124
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2147

History

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Subscriptions

Xchat Xchat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-30T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:46.691Z

Reserved: 2006-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4455

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-30T16:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4455

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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