CVE-2009-1789
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
02 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
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
- 8.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2009-05-26 16:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-05-26
- 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
- 1b79d4edb7ff6687f12880f7c024697daac589210af38ecafd4e7516de58bade
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comeggdrop-servmsg-dos(50547)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50547
- secunia.com35104http://secunia.com/advisories/35104
- osvdb.org54460http://osvdb.org/54460
- www.securityfocus.com20090515 eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503574
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1340http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1340
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-5572https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01337.html
- www.exploit-db.com8695https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8695
- cvs.eggheads.orghttp://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/Changes1.6?revision=1.20&view=markup
- secunia.com35690http://secunia.com/advisories/35690
- archives.neohapsis.com20090514 eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0129.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:126http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:126
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528778
- www.securityfocus.com34985http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34985
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-5568https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01333.html
- secunia.com35158http://secunia.com/advisories/35158
- www.debian.orgDSA-1826http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1826
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- eggdrop Fixed in 1.6.19-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- eggdrop Fixed in 1.6.19-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- eggdrop Fixed in 1.6.19-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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