PT-2020-7168 · Xchat-Wdk+1 · Xchat-Wdk+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2020-02-21 · Updated 2020-03-05 · CVE-2012-0828

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xchat-WDK versions prior to 1499-4 xchat version 2.8.6

Description A heap-based buffer overflow could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).

Recommendations For Xchat-WDK versions prior to 1499-4, update to version 1499-4 or later to resolve the issue. For xchat version 2.8.6, consider disabling the handling of UTF-8 lines from servers until a patch is available.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0828

Affected Products

Xchat-Wdk

Xchat

References · 7

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0828 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/10020 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1137 · Telegram Post