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CVE-2013-7449

Published: Apr 21, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-310
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 49.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The ssl_do_connect function in common/server.c in HexChat before 2.10.2, XChat, and XChat-GNOME does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected Products

ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
xchatxchat
Mixed
Communications / messaging-chat
xchat gnomexchat
Mixed
Communications / messaging-chat
hexchathexchat project
On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
n/an/a
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
xchatoss-projectCommunicationsaka xchat gnome, xchat wdk
hexchat projectoss-projectCommunicationsaka hexchat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html
hexchat.readthedocs.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2945-1
ubuntu.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081839
bugzilla.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 21, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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