InspIRCd 3.8.0 through 3.9.x before 3.10.0 allows any user (able to connect to the server) to access recently deallocated memory, aka the "malformed PONG" issue.
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-22
https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/4350a11c663b0d75f8119743bffb7736d87abd4d