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TI-2002-00006 Aliases CVE-2002-0006GHSA-f68g-74m5-7h92

XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows…

Priority MEDIUM 44Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.08087 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2Vulnerablexchat
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3Vulnerablexchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·xchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·xchat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Linux 6.2Fixed RHSA-2002:005
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2002:005
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2002:005
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2002:005

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0006
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f68g-74m5-7h92

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • 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-2000-00784 IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • 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-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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