VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-2785
The IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different…
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 7.57%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2451 and CVE-2010-2452.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.57% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- kvirc/kvirc
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40727Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40796Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/66648
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/changeset/4693Patch
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/ticket/858Patch
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40727Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40796Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/66648
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/changeset/4693Patch
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/ticket/858Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.