CVE-2012-6696 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-09-25

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:inspircd:inspircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-6538	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Inspircd Inspircd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-25T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:02.269Z

Reserved: 2015-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6696

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-25T21:29:00.257

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2012-6696

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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