CVE-2008-4748

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

27/10/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.60 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.60

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://secunia.com/advisories/32410
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46114
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6832
http://secunia.com/advisories/32410
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46114
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6832