Name: CVE-2010-3438: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2010-3438, CWE-134, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.00527

libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds. This can be used to execute arbitrary IRC commands by passing an argument such as "some text\rQUIT" to the 'privmsg' handler, which would cause the client to disconnect from the server.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade libpoe-component-irc-perl	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 12, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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