CVE-2006-6811

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: December 29, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/33443
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://osvdb.org/33443
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-617

Affected Vendors

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