CVE-2008-4748
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...
- Published
- Oct 27, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Oct 24, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1LiquidWorm · windows · Oct 24, 2008
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