ubuntu-cve-2012-5621
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-09-29 22:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga-dbg",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga-plugin-evolution",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "ekiga",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ekiga@4.0.1-4?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.1-4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.0.1-2",
        "4.0.1-2ubuntu1",
        "4.0.1-2ubuntu2",
        "4.0.1-3ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga-dbg",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga-plugin-evolution",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ekiga-plugin-evolution-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.1-6"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ekiga",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ekiga@4.0.1-6?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.1-6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.0.1-5ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5621",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:09Z",
  "published": "2014-09-29T22:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5621"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5621"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2012-5621"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:47Z"
}



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