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TI-2006-04303 Aliases CVE-2006-4455GHSA-7r2v-6w5p-52wm

Unspecified vulnerability in Xchat 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…

Priority LOW 31Published · 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
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

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"

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05097 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA
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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.6.7Vulnerablexchat
  • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.6.7 Vulnerable ·xchat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-4455
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7r2v-6w5p-52wm

References

Exploit 2

Other 3

  • 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-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
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Sources

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