CVE-2006-0458

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The DCC ACCEPT command handler in irssi before 0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4.1 in Ubuntu Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain crafted arguments in a DCC command.

Affected products

Irssi: 0.8.9, 0.8.10rc5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19090
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16913
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25147
https://usn.ubuntu.com/259-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/19090
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16913
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25147
https://usn.ubuntu.com/259-1/

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