CVE-2006-0458 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the DCC ACCEPT command handler of irssi, specifically affecting versions before 0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4.1 in Ubuntu Linux and potentially other distributions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted arguments within a DCC command, leading to an application crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only resulting in availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.10rc5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:0.8.10rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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