ubuntu · CVE-2008-4748

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Priority: low Published: 2008-10-27 20:00:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-4748 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kvirc), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 2, released 1.

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.

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