Vulnerability CVE-2008-4748


Published: 2008-10-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Format string vulnerability in the URI handler in KVirc 3.4.0, when set as the default application for processing IRC URIs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the irc:// URI.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
KVIrc 3.4.0 Virgo Remote Format String Exploit PoC
Gjoko 'Liqu...
29.10.2008

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.6/10
10/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Kvirc -> Kvirc 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46114
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6832
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508
http://secunia.com/advisories/32410

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