CVE-2009-20007

Description

Talkative IRC v0.4.4.16 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing specially crafted response strings sent to a connected client. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending an overly long message that overflows a fixed-length buffer, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the vulnerable process. This vulnerability is exploitable remotely and does not require authentication.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-27 | Published 2025-09-16 | Updated 2025-09-16 | Assigner VulnCheck

Problem types

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Product status

Credits

Gjoko Krstic "LiquidWorm" of Zero Science Lab finder

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/...dows/misc/talkative_response.rb exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8227 exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16459 exploit

www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2009-4909.php technical-description exploit

web.archive.org/...90116203306/http://www.talkative-irc.com/ product

www.vulncheck.com/.../talkative-irc-response-buffer-overflow third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2009-20007)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2009-20007)

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