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CVE-2006-6811 Details

Description

KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/33443	CVE	Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922	CVE	Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790	CVE	Broken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199	CVE	Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/33443	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790	[email protected]	Broken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199	[email protected]	Broken Link

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-617	Reachable Assertion	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
kde ksirc	1.3.12
CPE cpe:2.3:a:kde:ksirc:1.3.12:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	5.10 6.06 6.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 8, 2024	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 29, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]