CVE-2000-0594

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-07-04 · updated 2026-06-16

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 characters.

Affected products

Caldera Openlinux Desktop: 2.3
Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder: 2.3
Caldera Openlinux Edesktop: 2.4
Caldera Openlinux Eserver: 2.3
FreeBSD: 3.5, 4.0
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 2007

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html

Get alerted when CVE-2000-0594 or the next vulnerability affects your stack