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FKIE_CVE-2009-20007

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-16 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:08

Severity

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

Talkative IRC v0.4.4.16 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing specially crafted response strings sent to a connected client. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending an overly long message that overflows a fixed-length buffer, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the vulnerable process. This vulnerability is exploitable remotely and does not require authentication.

References

	URL	Tags
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/talkative_response.rb
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://web.archive.org/web/20090116203306/http://www.talkative-irc.com/
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16459
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8227
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/talkative-irc-response-buffer-overflow
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2009-4909.php
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/talkative_response.rb
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16459
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8227
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2009-4909.php

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2009-20007 (GCVE-0-2009-20007)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 14:34 – Updated: 2026-05-15 11:13 Unsupported When Assigned

Title

Talkative IRC v0.4.4.16 Response Buffer Overflow

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-09-16 18:16 UTC

CWE

CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasplo…	exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8227	exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16459	exploit
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL…	technical-descriptionexploit
https://web.archive.org/web/20090116203306/http:/…	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/talkative-ir…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Talkative	Talkative IRC	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.4.4.16 (custom)

Date Public

2009-03-17 00:00

Credits

Gjoko Krstic "LiquidWorm" of Zero Science Lab

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