DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2087

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2087
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2087.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2087
Upstream
Published
2017-01-18T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:21Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / hexchat

Package

Name
hexchat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hexchat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / hexchat

Package

Name
hexchat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hexchat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / hexchat

Package

Name
hexchat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hexchat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / hexchat

Package

Name
hexchat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hexchat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}