security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.87%
Description
BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.3
- 2.3
Configuration 2
- 2.4
- 2.3
- 3.5
- 4.0
- 2007
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Powertools 6.0 - RHSA-2000:042 (2000-07-06) - Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - RHSA-2000:042 (2000-07-06) - Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - RHSA-2000:042 (2000-07-06)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.87% (0.09871) | 95.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.87% (0.09871) | 94.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 10.83% (0.10834) | 93.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.96% (0.11965) | 93.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.13% (0.13129) | 90.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.96% (0.11965) | 93.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 13.68% (0.13681) | 95.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 13.68% (0.13681) | 94.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0594 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616496 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0594
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0594
Change history (0)
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