CVE-2012-0828

high-risk
Published 2020-02-21

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).

Do I need to act?

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5.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Gtk
Gtk
Gtk
Gtk
Xchat
Xchat-Wdk

Affected Vendors

Gnome Xchat Xchat-Wdk

References (8)

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
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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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 13/34 · Low