CVE-2012-6697

high
Published 2017-04-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

InspIRCd before 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
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-2012-6697

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/58c893e834ff20495d00770922

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780880

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.0.16-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.0.16-1
debian debiansidfixed2.0.16-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.16-1
debian debian7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
inspire_ircdinspircd{"endIncluding":"2.0.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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