CVE-1999-0672 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Fujitsu Chocoa IRC client, specifically affecting version 1.0 beta7R. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.1) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted, excessively long IRC channel topic. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0beta7rCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fujitsu:chocoa:1.0beta7r:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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