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TI-2008-00267 Aliases CVE-2008-0285GHSA-wh92-j6xc-xqh3

ngIRCd 0.10.x before 0.10.4 and 0.11.0 before 0.11.0-pre2 allows remote attackers to…

Priority LOW 26Published · 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

ngIRCd 0.10.x before 0.10.4 and 0.11.0 before 0.11.0-pre2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted IRC PART message, which triggers an invalid dereference.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01802 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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:ngircd:ngircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.10.3; up to 0.11.0-pre1VulnerableNgircd
  • cpe:2.3:a:ngircd:ngircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.10.3; up to 0.11.0-pre1 Vulnerable ·Ngircd

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-2008-0285
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wh92-j6xc-xqh3

References

  • TI-2005-00193 Format string vulnerability in the Log_Resolver function in log.c for ngIRCd 0.8.2 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2013-01539 channel.c in ngIRCd 20 and 20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2007-05796 irc-channel.c in ngIRCd before 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2009-04408 The (1) Conn_GetCipherInfo and (2) Conn_UsesSSL functions in src/ngircd/conn.c in ngIRCd… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6

Sources