01 Record
CVE-2000-0594
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-10-13 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-07-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0199d34533600a2547b74fd214f81df59c42abb723f56d2c2a1a7fac54329de3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.comFreeBSD-SA-00:32http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000707 BitchX updatehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:042http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html
- www.calderasystems.comCSSA-2000-022.0http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt
- www.securityfocus.com1436http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comirc-bitchx-invite-dos(4897)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897
- archives.neohapsis.com20000704 BitchX exploit possibly waiting to happen, certain DoShttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000707 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - BitchXhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000704 BitchX /ignore bughttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html