VDB
CVE-2012-5854
CVE-2012-5854
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 5.54% · 92.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
5.54%
92.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| flashtux | weechat | 0.3.6, 0.3.7, 0.3.8 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Nov 19, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 87279 vdb
- 51377 third-party-advisory
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37704 url
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0330 url
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1580 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2013:136 vendor-advisory
- 56482 vdb
- FEDORA-2012-17973 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0150 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20121112 Re: CVE Request -- WeeChat (prior to 0.3.9.1): Heap-based buffer overflow when decoding IRC colors in strings mailing-list
- FEDORA-2012-17950 vendor-advisory
- http://weechat.org/security/ url
- FEDORA-2012-18006 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5854 advisory
- http://weechat.org/security url