Critical severity · published Nov 12, 2019
CVE-2010-3438
libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds
9.8
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds. This can be used to execute arbitrary IRC commands by passing an argument such as "some text\rQUIT" to the 'privmsg' handler, which would cause the client to disconnect from the server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
12; 13 · source: NVD
LI
Libpoe-component-irc-perl · Libpoe-component-irc-perl Project
before 6.32 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3438
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3438
Mailing List
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438
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