CVE-2006-4455

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Xchat 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the PRIVMSG command. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that it does not affect 2.6.7 "or any recent version"

Affected products

xchat: through 2.6.7

References

http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=2918
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115523184321922&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016687
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19398
http://www.xchat.org/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28325
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2124
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2147
http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=2918
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115523184321922&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016687
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19398

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