CVE-2007-4396

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in (1) ixmmsa.pl 0.3, (2) l33tmusic.pl 2.00, (3) mpg123.pl 0.01, (4) ogg123.pl 0.01, (5) xmms.pl 2.0, (6) xmms2.pl 1.1.3, and (7) xmmsinfo.pl 1.1.1.1 scripts for irssi before 0.8.11 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands via CRLF sequences in the name of the song in a .mp3 file.

Affected products

Irssi: through 0.8.9

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065227.html
http://osvdb.org/39568
http://secunia.com/advisories/26483
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3036
http://wouter.coekaerts.be/site/security/nowplaying
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476283/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25281
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35985
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065227.html
http://osvdb.org/39568
http://secunia.com/advisories/26483
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3036

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