Name: CVE-2016-2087: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-2087, CWE-22, CVSS 7.4, EPSS 0.09489

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.4
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade hexchatUpgrade xchat	Feb 25, 2019	Jan 18, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade hexchat-langUpgrade hexchat	Feb 4, 2022	Jan 18, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 18, 2017

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CVSS Details

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