VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5621
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.77%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.77% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- ekiga/ekiga
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/407
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56790
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80640
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=7d09807257
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099554.html
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/407
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56790
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80640
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=7d09807257
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099554.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.