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.
Published 2006-12-29 11:28:00
Updated 2024-02-08 02:22:23
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-6811

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6811

5.80%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 93 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6811

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.6
2.9
NIST
6.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.8
3.6
NIST 2024-02-08

CWE ids for CVE-2006-6811

  • The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-6811

  • Red Hat 2007-01-18
    We do not consider a crash of a client application such as KsIRC to be a security issue.

References for CVE-2006-6811

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