CVE-2008-3578 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in HydraIRC versions 0.3.164 and earlier. An attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by providing a crafted, excessively long irc:// URI. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without authentication, leading to a partial availability impact. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.3.164CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hydrairc:hydrairc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.057CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hydrairc:hydrairc:0.3.057:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.058CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hydrairc:hydrairc:0.3.058:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.059CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hydrairc:hydrairc:0.3.059:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.060CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hydrairc:hydrairc:0.3.060:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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