CVE-2006-0458 — The DCC ACCEPT command handler in irssi before 0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4.1 in Ubuntu Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain crafted arguments in a DCC command

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The DCC ACCEPT command handler in irssi before 0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4.1 in Ubuntu Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain crafted arguments in a DCC command

Published Mar 6, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.53%

Description

The DCC ACCEPT command handler in irssi before 0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4.1 in Ubuntu Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain crafted arguments in a DCC command.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.53% 0.02526

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02526

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	2.53% (0.02526)	84.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.47% (0.02467)	82.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.89% (0.00893)	73.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.36% (0.01364)	86.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 30, 2023	1.36% (0.01364)	84.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.28% (0.01280)	83.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/19090
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16913
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25147
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://usn.ubuntu.com/259-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19090		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16913		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25147		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://usn.ubuntu.com/259-1/		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner redhat

Published Mar 6, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 27, 2006

Link CVE-2006-0458

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-0458

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-0458