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CVE-2016-2087

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.

Affected products

• Hexchat Project Hexchat: 2.11.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/

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