CVE-2008-1925

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2008-04-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in InspIRCd before 1.1.18, when using the namesx and uhnames modules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large number of channel users with crafted nicknames, idents, and long hostnames.

Affected products

Inspircd: through 1.1.17

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29610
http://secunia.com/advisories/30163
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-08.xml
http://www.inspircd.org/bugtrack/view_bug.php?bug_id=438
http://www.inspircd.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2945
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/22/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28506
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1041/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41543
http://secunia.com/advisories/29610
http://secunia.com/advisories/30163
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-08.xml

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