CVE-2012-5854

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en memoria dinámica en weechat v0.3.6 a hasta v0.3.9 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída o bloqueo) y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de colores IRC hechos a mano que no están debidamente decodificados.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-11-12 CVE Reserved
2012-11-19 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-10-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/87279	Vdb Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51377	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/12/2	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56482	Vdb Entry
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37704	X_refsource_confirm
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0330	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092228.html	2014-02-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092490.html	2014-02-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092536.html	2014-02-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00018.html	2014-02-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00087.html	2014-02-07
http://weechat.org/security	2014-02-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:136	2014-02-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Flashtux Search vendor "Flashtux"		Weechat Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat"				0.3.6 Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat" and version "0.3.6"		-		Affected
Flashtux Search vendor "Flashtux"		Weechat Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat"				0.3.7 Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat" and version "0.3.7"		-		Affected
Flashtux Search vendor "Flashtux"		Weechat Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat"				0.3.8 Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat" and version "0.3.8"		-		Affected
Flashtux Search vendor "Flashtux"		Weechat Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat"				0.3.9 Search vendor "Flashtux" for product "Weechat" and version "0.3.9"		-		Affected