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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0006

CVE-2002-0006

Description

XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.

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Affected products

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  • Xchat/Xchat3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.8.7

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