Buffer overflow in BitchX IRC client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via an IP address that resolves to a long DNS hostname or domain name.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0050 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.57%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20490 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-12-04 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 18.86% | 14.57% | -4.29% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 11.01% | 18.86% | +7.86% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 11.01% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0050 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| colten_edwards | bitchx | 1.0c17 | cpe:2.3:a:colten_edwards:bitchx:1.0c17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |