What is CVE-2012-0828?

CVE-2012-0828 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gnome Gtk, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2012-0828?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gnome Gtk

CVE-2012-0828

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 cont…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.042 (89.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnome Gtk — versions 2.10.4, 2.14.7, 2.18.9
Xchat — versions 2.8.6 on Maemo architecture
Xchat Xchat-wdk — versions before 1499-4 (2012-01-18)
Xchat-wdk

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0828?: CVE-2012-0828 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gnome Gtk, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2012-0828?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.