CVE-2007-6062

irc-channel.c in ngIRCd before 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a JOIN command without a channel argument.

Published: 2007-11-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6062 is rated Moderate Risk (46.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6062

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 2025-03-30 1.55% 1.19% -0.36%
2 2025-03-29 1.19% 1.55% +0.36%
3 2025-03-17 1.19%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6062

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6062

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6062

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-6062 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ngircd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6062
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6062 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ngircd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6062

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6062

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ngircd ngircd <= 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:ngircd:ngircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6062

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