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CVE-2020-8955

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.68% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-02-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2020-8955
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.68%

Original NVD Description

irc_mode_channel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IRC message 324 (channel mode).