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CVE-2012-5854

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-11-10	weechat -- Crash or freeze when decoding IRC colors in strings

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CVE-2012-5854 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-5854
Phase	Assigned(20121112)

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in WeeChat 0.3.6 through 0.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IRC colors that are not properly decoded.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20121112 Re: CVE Request -- WeeChat (prior to 0.3.9.1): Heap-based buffer overflow when decoding IRC colors in strings
CONFIRM	http://weechat.org/security/
CONFIRM	https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37704
CONFIRM	https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0330
FEDORA	FEDORA-2012-17950
FEDORA	FEDORA-2012-17973
FEDORA	FEDORA-2012-18006
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2013:136
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1580
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2013:0150
BID	56482
OSVDB	87279
SECUNIA	51377