CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1789

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2009-05-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-05-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807.

Affected configurations

• eggheads eggdrop 1.6.0 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.1 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.2 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.3 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.4 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.5 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.6 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.7 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.8 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.9 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.10 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.11 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.12 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.13 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.14 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.15 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.16 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.17 • eggheads eggdrop 1.6.18 • eggheads eggdrop irc bot (<= 1.6.19) • philip moore windrop (<= 1.6.19) • philip moore windrop 1.4.4 • philip moore windrop 1.4.6 • philip moore windrop 1.5.4 • philip moore windrop 1.5.4a • philip moore windrop 1.6.0 • philip moore windrop 1.6.1 • philip moore windrop 1.6.2\+bindsfix • philip moore windrop 1.6.3 • philip moore windrop 1.6.4 • philip moore windrop 1.6.6 • philip moore windrop 1.6.7 • philip moore windrop 1.6.8 • philip moore windrop 1.6.9 • philip moore windrop 1.6.10 • philip moore windrop 1.6.12 • philip moore windrop 1.6.13 • philip moore windrop 1.6.15 • philip moore windrop 1.6.16 • philip moore windrop 1.6.17 • philip moore windrop 1.6.18 • philip moore windrop 1.6.19\+ctcpfix

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