CVE-1999-1351

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-1999-1351 · Published 24/09/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1351 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting irc client (kvirc).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
irc client kvirc	`= 0.9.0`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in KVIrc IRC client 0.9.0 with the "Listen to !nick <soundname> requests" option enabled allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a DCC GET request.

References

marc.info
iss.net/security_center/static/7761.php

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