CVE-2012-0828
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.3% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Xchat-WDK before 1499-4 (2012-01-18) xchat 2.8.6 on Maemo architecture could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xchat client crash) or execute arbitrary code via a UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.28% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-02-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnome | gtk |
| xchat | xchat |
| xchat-wdk | xchat-wdk |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828
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