CVE-2016-2087
HIGH7.4EPSS 13.0%xchat - security update
Published: 1/18/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/hexchatfrom 0, < 2.12.4-4
- Debian/xchatfrom 0, < 2.8.8-7.1+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |