eggdrop DoS (crash)
Published May 26, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.49%
Description
mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.11
- 1.6.12
- 1.6.13
- 1.6.14
- 1.6.15
- 1.6.16
- 1.6.17
- 1.6.18
- 1.6.18
- ≤ 1.6.19
- ≤ 1.6.19
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.6
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4a
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2\+bindsfix
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.12
- 1.6.13
- 1.6.15
- 1.6.16
- 1.6.17
- 1.6.18
- 1.6.19\+ctcpfix
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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:M/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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 8.49% (0.08488) | 94.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.49% (0.08488) | 94.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 14.22% (0.14219) | 93.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 24.06% (0.24058) | 93.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 14.22% (0.14219) | 93.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.49% (0.05490) | 93.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 4.93% (0.04931) | 91.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.53% (0.02529) | 88.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 89.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 88.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 76.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0129.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528778 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/Changes1.6?revision=1.20&view=markup x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/54460 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35104 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35158 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35690 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1826 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:126 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503574 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34985 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1340 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1789 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502650 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50547 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1789
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1789
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8695 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01333.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01337.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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