Stack-based buffer overflow in BitchX 1.1 Final allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a MODE command, related to the pmode variable.

hook.c in BitchX 1.1-final allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a client certain data containing NICK and EXEC strings, which exceeds the bounds of a hash table, and injects an EXEC hook function that receives and executes shell commands.

BitchX 75p3 and 1.0c16 through 1.0c20cvs allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a malformed RPLNAMREPLY numeric 353 message.

The modules/mdop.m in the Cypress 1.0k script for BitchX, as downloaded from a distribution site in November 2007, contains an externally introduced backdoor that e-mails sensitive information (hostnames, usernames, and shell history) to a fixed address.

The ehostname function in commands.c in BitchX 1.1a allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files when using the (1) HOSTNAME or (2) IRCHOST command.