CVE-2012-0828 — Out-of-bounds Write in Xchat-wdk

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-172 — Encoding ErrorCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.9%
top 9.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Xchat-wdkXchatXchat Xchat-wdk+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 21
Latest updateApr 23

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:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDxchat/xchat< 2.8.6
▶NVDxchat-wdk/xchat-wdk< 1499-4
▶CVEListV5xchat/xchat2.8.6 on Maemo architecture
▶CVEListV5xchat/xchat-wdkbefore 1499-4 (2012-01-18)
▶NVDgnome/gtk4 versions+3

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pcc3-c79c-gx8x: Heap-based buffer overflow in Xchat-WDK before 1499-4 (2012-01-18) xchat 2↗2022-04-23
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CVEList
CVE-2012-0828: Heap-based buffer overflow in Xchat-WDK before 1499-4 (2012-01-18) xchat 2↗2020-02-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
xchat: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside BMP↗2012-01-17
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-0828 xchat: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside BMP↗2012-02-01
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