CVE-2012-5854 (GCVE-0-2012-5854)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-19 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56482 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/51377 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37704 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/12/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGA… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://weechat.org/security/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2012-11-09 00:00
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