CVE-2006-6811
KsIRC Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 29, 2006, 11:28 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:23 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 08, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/33443 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/33443 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468 No Types Assigned http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt No Types Assigned http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790 Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE NIST CWE-617 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3023 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31134 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 29, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6811 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-6811
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
11.07 }} 5.27%
score
0.95351
percentile