CVE-2012-5621
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekiga | ekiga | {"endIncluding":"3.9.90"} | |
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/407
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56790
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80640
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=7d09807257
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099554.html
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/407
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56790
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80640
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=7d09807257
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099554.html
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.