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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-0828 · published 21 February 2020

CVE-2012-0828: Gnome gtk out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Gnome · Gtk

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).

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 4.3% · top 9.2% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
4.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/9 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0828 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0828 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0828 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-0828), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.