This page lists publicly disclosed CVE vulnerabilities affecting hexchat_project hexchat (linked via NVD CPE). Each row includes severity scores, summaries, and publication dates to help identify and analyze security issues.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-2233 | Stack-based buffer overflow in the inbound_cap_ls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of options in a CAP LS message. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 13.34% | 2017-01-18 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2016-2087 | Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name. | [email protected] | 7.4 | 13.02% | 2017-01-18 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2013-7449 | The ssl_do_connect function in common/server.c in HexChat before 2.10.2, XChat, and XChat-GNOME does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. | [email protected] | 6.5 | 0.17% | 2016-04-21 | 2026-05-06 |