CVE-2002-0984: Light

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The IRC script included in Light 2.7.x before 2.7.30p5, and 2.8.x before 2.8pre10, running EPIC allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if the user joins a channel whose topic includes EPIC4 code.

Affected products

• Light Light: version 2.7.30p4 only; version 2.8_pre9 only

Published 2002-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.