CVE-2012-6696

critical

Published 2017-09-25 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

inspircd in Debian before 2.0.7 does not properly handle unsigned integers. NOTE: This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix to CVE-2012-1836.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6696

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/ed28c1ba666b39581adb860bf51cdde43c84cc89

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.0.16-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.0.16-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.0.16-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.0.16-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
inspircd	inspircd	`{"endIncluding":"2.0.5"}`

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3226
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/26/1
https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/ed28c1ba666b39581adb860bf51cdde43c84cc89
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6696

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.