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CVE-2012-5854

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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in WeeChat 0.3.6 through 0.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IRC colors that are not properly decoded.

References

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0330

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37704

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56482

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/12/2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:136

http://weechat.org/security/

http://secunia.com/advisories/51377

http://osvdb.org/87279

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00087.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00018.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092536.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092490.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092228.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-19

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0661

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