CVE-2012-3461 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libotr
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.2%
top 13.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 20
Latest updateMay 17
Description
The (1) otrl_base64_otr_decode function in src/b64.c; (2) otrl_proto_data_read_flags and (3) otrl_proto_accept_data functions in src/proto.c; and (4) decode function in toolkit/parse.c in libotr before 3.2.1 allocates a zero-length buffer when decoding a base64 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a message with the value "?OTR:===.", which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9