CVE-2011-5129: xchat

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-5129 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in xchat. EPSS estimates a 7.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 30-08-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in XChat 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long response string.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.