CVE-2007-6122
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
The default_encrypt function in encrypt.c in IRC Services before 5.0.63, and 5.1.x before 5.1.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long password. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6091)
- Published
- November 26, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6091 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- irc services / irc services
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199897
- http://lists.ircservices.za.net/pipermail/ircservices/2007/005558.html
- http://lists.ircservices.za.net/pipermail/ircservices/2007/005564.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27761(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28090
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-12.xml
- http://www.ircservices.za.net/Changes.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26517(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3959
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38591
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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