CVE-2008-4748

CVSS V2 High 7.6 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-4748

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-10-27T20:00:01

Last Modified Date
2017-09-29T01:32:19

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.6

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
4.9

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32410	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46114
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6832

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4748
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4748

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:22:54				Added to TrackCVE