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CVE-2012-0828

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.28%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-02-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2012-0828
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.28%

Original 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).

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