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TI-2000-00784 Aliases CVE-2000-0787GHSA-9wr3-8fv2-9fcj

IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

Priority MEDIUM 45Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.09211 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 11

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.9Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.10Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.11Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.12Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.13Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.6Vulnerablexchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.9 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.10 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.11 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.12 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.13 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.6 Vulnerable ·xchat
Show 1 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.5.xdev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.xdevVulnerablexchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.5.xdev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.xdev Vulnerable ·xchat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0787
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9wr3-8fv2-9fcj

References

Advisory 4

  • TI-2012-00764 Out-of-bounds write in Xchat-WDK CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2008-02715 Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2004-00374 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Socks-5 proxy code for XChat 1.8.0 to 2.0.8, with… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2002-00006 XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2003-00906 xchat 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a passive… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2001-00763 Format string vulnerability in XChat 1.2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed nickname. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
See all 11 →

Sources

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