CVE-2010-2785
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-08-02 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-07-22
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b35323edbc4f3fa4ddf16bc02e9e58155ca1c430e8aa24d24d3c6a8656eb0387
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-11524http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html
- secunia.com40796http://secunia.com/advisories/40796
- www.osvdb.org66648http://www.osvdb.org/66648
- svn.kvirc.dehttps://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/changeset/4693
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100729 Re: CVE Request -- KVIrc -- Remote CTCP commands execution via specially-crafted CTCP parameterhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20100728 CVE Request -- KVIrc -- Remote CTCP commands execution via specially-crafted CTCP parameterhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1
- secunia.com40727http://secunia.com/advisories/40727
- svn.kvirc.dehttps://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/ticket/858
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-11506http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- kvirc Fixed in 4:4.0.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- kvirc Fixed in 4:4.0.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- kvirc Fixed in 4:4.0.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.