VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1789

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability8.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-05-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV: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.

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