CVE-2003-0328 describes a denial-of-service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in EPIC IRC Client (EPIC4) versions pre2.002, pre2.003, and possibly later. Malicious IRC servers can trigger this by sending a CTCP request with an oversized nickname, leading to an incorrect length calculation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit (EDB-23366) exists for Epic 1.0.1/1.0.x. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
pre2.002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:epic:epic4:pre2.002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
pre2.003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:epic:epic4:pre2.003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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