CVE-2009-4652
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
The (1) Conn_GetCipherInfo and (2) Conn_UsesSSL functions in src/ngircd/conn.c in ngIRCd 13 and 14, when SSL/TLS support is present and standalone mode is disabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending the MOTD command from another server in the same IRC network, possibly related to an array index error.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.6% (76th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4617)
- Published
- February 26, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4617 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ngircd / ngircd
- ngircd / ngircd
References
- http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=src/ngircd/conn.c%3Bh=c6095a31c613bc5ca127d55b8723e15b836f1cca%3Bhp=9752a6191c7e2da5b0df64779e9cc28ad1e6241c%3Bhb=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2%3Bhpb=95428a72ffb5214826b61d5e77f860e7ef6a6c9e
- http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2
- http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog
- http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/NEWS(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37343(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37021(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3240(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54272
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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