Critical severity · published Feb 21, 2020
CVE-2012-0828
Heap-based buffer overflow in Xchat-WDK before 1499-4 (2012-01-18) xchat 2.8.6 on Maemo architecture could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xchat client crash)…
9.8
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Xchat-WDK before 1499-4 (2012-01-18) xchat 2.8.6 on Maemo architecture could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xchat client crash) or execute arbitrary code via a UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).
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)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GT
Gtk · Gnome
2.10.4; 2.14.7; 2.18.9; 2.24.7 · source: NVD
XC
Xchat · Xchat
before 2.8.6 · source: NVD
XC
Xchat-wdk · Xchat-wdk
before 1499-4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0828
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0828
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828
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