Unscored severity · published Sep 29, 2014
CVE-2012-5621
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains…
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CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EK
Ekiga · Ekiga
through 3.9.90 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5621
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5621
ftp.gnome.org
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/407
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56790
blogs.oracle.com
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of
Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80640
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