CVE-1999-1351

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1999-09-24 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1351, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1351

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N