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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-4748 EUVD-2008-4728GHSA-jj7q-9hhv-3pcp

Format string vulnerability in the URI handler in KVirc 3.4.0, when set as the default application for processing IRC URIs, allows remote a…

Published Oct 27, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kvirc 5.0.0-4.3 openSUSE-SU-2024:10906-1

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

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