Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0594

Title: BitchX format-string in channel invite causes DoS

Denial of Service

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0594

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jul 04, 2000

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

10.83%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0594: BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.

Impacted Vendors

caldera 2

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0594 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20060

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 04, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.