CVE-2006-6811
Medium
Description
KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductKde Ksirc
PublishedDec 29, 2006
First seenDec 29, 2006
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kde ksirc | 1.3.12 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 5.10, 6.06, 6.10 | — |
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