Description
The IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2451 and CVE-2010-2452.
Published: 2010-08-02
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 11.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2078-1 New kvirc packages fix arbitrary IRC command execution
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:46:48.031Z

Reserved: 2010-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2785

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-08-02T20:40:01.560

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2785

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