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CVE-2004-0409

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Socks-5 proxy code for XChat 1.8.0 to 2.0.8, with socks5 traversal enabled, allows re

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Socks-5 proxy code for XChat 1.8.0 to 2.0.8, with socks5 traversal enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.30771
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
xchatall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
remoteXChat 1.8.0/2.0.8 socks5 - Remote Buffer Overflowverified
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD01 Jun 2004 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2004:177
rhsaRHSA-2004:585
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://mail.nl.linux.org/xchat-announce/2004-04/msg00000.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-15.xml
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_123013
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-177.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-585.html
http://www.xchat.org/PatchVendor Advisory
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