CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4748
7.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• kvirc kvirc 3.4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32410 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46114 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6832 www.exploit-db.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32410 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46114 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6832 www.exploit-db.com