Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-4455

Title: Xchat Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-4455

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Aug 30, 2006
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.00%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-4455: 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"

Impacted Vendors

X
xchat 1

Reference Links

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 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
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-2006-4455 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2124
View Code
Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2147
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.