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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-1999-0968 json

Buffer overflow in BNC IRC proxy allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

published 1998-12-26 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0949

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in BNC IRC proxy allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20395)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20395 BNC 2.2.4/2.4.6/2.4.8 - IRC Proxy Buffer Overflow (2) remote, 1998-12-26
  • EDB-20394 BNC 2.2.4/2.4.6/2.4.8 - IRC Proxy Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 1998-12-26

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.