Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2020· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-0828
CVE-2012-0828
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Xchat-WDK before 1499-4 (2012-01-18) xchat 2.8.6 on Maemo architecture could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xchat client crash) or execute arbitrary code via a UTF-8 line from server containing characters outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:2.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:2.18.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:2.24.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828nvdThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828nvdThird Party Advisory
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