CVE-2012-0828 (GCVE-0-2012-0828)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-21 17:20 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- Heap-based buffer overflow by processing UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside BMP
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9 | x_refsource_MISC |
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