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CVE-2023-50784A buffer overflow in websockets in UnrealIRCd 6.1.0 through 6.1.3 before 6.1.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A buffer overflow in websockets in UnrealIRCd 6.1.0 through 6.1.3 before 6.1.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server by sending an oversized packet (if a websocket port is open). Remote code execution might be possible on some uncommon, older platforms.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- https://www.unrealircd.org/index/news (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://forums.unrealircd.org/viewtopic.php?t=9340 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-41f41fbb69 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-7c6c696102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EZT7QU4FCQBHYOYVD7FW5QAWNAQCSGLA/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BV6TFYPQOKYRGPEAKOWSO6PSCBV6LUR3/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-55517 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-50784)Record last updated .