security flaw
Published Apr 2, 2003
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.09%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Linux 6.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:005
Red Hat Linux 7.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:005
Red Hat Linux 7.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:005
Red Hat Linux 7.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:005
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Linux 6.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:005 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:005 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:005 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:005 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:P/I:P/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.09% (0.08087) | 94.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.09% (0.08087) | 94.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.63% (0.08631) | 91.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.80% (0.13805) | 90.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.63% (0.08631) | 91.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.31% (0.08311) | 94.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.31% (0.08311) | 93.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000453 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060676210255&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3806 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-099 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0006 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616714 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7856 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0006
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0006
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000453 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060676210255&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3806 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-099 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0006 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616714 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7856 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0006 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0006 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.