CVE-2013-7449
The ssl_do_connect function in common/server.c in HexChat before 2.10.2, XChat, and XChat-GNOME does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the X.509 certificate, which allows
02 Description
The ssl_do_connect function in common/server.c in HexChat before 2.10.2, XChat, and XChat-GNOME does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the X.509 certificate, which allows
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
- 0.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2016-04-21 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-04-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0471fcc9bd51e74e6e4fae0b90bfdd0d7a98003f9dd102826d20c2cf11de06c2
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/c9b63f7f9be01692b03fa15275135a4910a7e02d
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2945-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2945-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues/524
- hexchat.readthedocs.orghttp://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081839
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- hexchat Fixed in 2.10.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- hexchat Fixed in 2.10.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- hexchat Fixed in 2.9.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
- xchat-gnome Fixed in 1:0.30.0~git20131003.d20b8d+really20110821-0.2ubuntu12.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.