Vulnerability in KDE Ksirc
CVE-2006-6811
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.106 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.103 · newest: 0.106 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- KDE Ksirc — versions 1.3.12
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922 (Broken Link)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt (Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/33443 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6811?
- CVE-2006-6811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in KDE Ksirc, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2006-12-29.
- How severe is CVE-2006-6811?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.