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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-14148

The Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd before 26~rc2 allows an out-of-bounds access, as demonstrated by the IRC_NJOIN() function.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:50 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-14148

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Jun 2020, 18:15 UTC

The Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd before 26~rc2 allows an out-of-bounds access, as demonstrated by the IRC_NJOIN() function.

osv:CVE-2020-14148
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14148",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-14148",
    "summary": "The Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd before 26~rc2 allows an out-of-bounds access, as demonstrated by the IRC_NJOIN() function.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-14148",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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                    "original_tag": "rel-26-rc2"
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            "rel-25-rc1",
            "rel-24",
            "rel-24-rc1",
            "rel-23",
            "rel-23-rc1",
            "rel-22.1",
            "rel-22",
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            "rel-0-3-0",
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            "rel-0-2-0",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:49.565490936Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJOYV5GHUFJMUVQW3TJKXZ7JPXL4W3ER/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JZRYFJIA6ZKOH7U4K5WH5OL7OKXE4N52/",
        "https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/274",
        "https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/277",
        "https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/276",
        "https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/releases/tag/rel-26-rc2",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00023.html",
        "https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/275"
      ],
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            ],
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                  },
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        ]
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    },
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        "value": "CVE-2020-14148",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383012,
  "published_at": "2020-06-15T18:15:15.067+00:00"
}