Vulnerability CVE-2012-5854
Published: 2012-11-19

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Flashtux -> Weechat 

 References:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0330
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37704
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56482
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/12/2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:136
http://weechat.org/security/
http://secunia.com/advisories/51377
http://osvdb.org/87279
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00087.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00018.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092536.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092490.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092228.html
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