PatchTheCVEhexchat vulnerabilities and fixes
Recent CVEs affecting hexchat, with upgrade or downgrade steps. 3 tracked.
hexchat has 3 tracked vulnerabilities, 0 critical. A fixed release or vendor patch exists for 1. Most recent: 2017-01-18. Highest priority: CVE-2016-2233 (score 61/100).
- CVE-2016-2233 HIGH 7.5 DOWNGRADE Stack-based buffer overflow in the inbound_cap_ls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote
- CVE-2016-2087 HIGH 7.4 DOWNGRADE Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify
- CVE-2013-7449 MEDIUM 6.5 MITIGATE MITIGATE The ssl_do_connect function in common/server.c in HexChat before 2.10.2, XChat, and XChat-GNOME does not verif
FAQ
How do I fix hexchat vulnerabilities?
Open the CVE for your version, check the affected range, then follow the listed action: upgrade to the fixed release, or downgrade or mitigate if no fix exists yet. Commands for each OS are shown on every CVE page.
Is hexchat being exploited right now?
None of the tracked hexchat CVEs are on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the moment. This is checked every 20 minutes.
Which hexchat CVE should I patch first?
CVE-2016-2233 currently ranks highest (61/100): Stack-based buffer overflow in the inbound_cap_ls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote.