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CVE-2020-14148

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-14148 is an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the Server-Server protocol implementation of ngIRCd versions prior to 26~rc2, affecting various distributions including Debian and Fedora. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 25.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
26.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:26.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0264 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ngircd/ngircd/issues/274
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ngircd/ngircd/issues/277
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ngircd/ngircd/pull/275
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ngircd/ngircd/pull/276
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ngircd/ngircd/releases/tag/rel-26-rc2
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJOYV5GHUFJMUVQW3TJKXZ7JPXL4W3ER
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JZRYFJIA6ZKOH7U4K5WH5OL7OKXE4N52