CVE-2012-0828

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Xchat-WDK before 1499-4 (2012-01-18) xchat 2.8.6 on Maemo architecture could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xchat client crash) or execute arbitrary code via a UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
xchat	Xchat-WDK	before 1499-4 (2012-01-18)
xchat	xchat	2.8.6 on Maemo architecture

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 21, 2020
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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