KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.
| Date Added | Due Date | Vulnerability Name | Required Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A |
| Type | Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 3.1 | 6.5 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Primary | 2.0 | 4.3 | MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
We do not consider a crash of a client application such as KsIRC to be a security issue.
| Hyperlink | Source | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/33443 | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml | cve@mitre.org | Third Party Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453 | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468 | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link |
| http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt | cve@mitre.org | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009 | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790 | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1 | cve@mitre.org | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199 | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134 | cve@mitre.org | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922 | cve@mitre.org | Broken Link |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023 | cve@mitre.org | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://osvdb.org/33443 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link |
| http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Broken Link |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |