CVE-2016-2233

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the inbound_cap_ls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of options in a CAP LS message.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2233
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-18T17:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-03T02:59:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:hexchat_project:hexchat:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39657/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136563/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-CAP-LS-Handling-Buffer-Overflow.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95920
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2233
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2233
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:57:42 2017-01-18T17:59Z 2017-01-18T17:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:57:42 2017-02-03T02:59:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:57:42 Modified Vulnerability Status updated