CVE-2011-5129 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-5129

Heap-based buffer overflow in XChat 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in XChat 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long response string.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xchat
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.2.1, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.13, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5.6, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.8.8, 1.8.9, 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.9.4, 1.9.5, 1.9.6, 1.9.7, 1.9.8, 1.9.9, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.6.7, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.6, 2.8.7, 2.8.7b, 2.8.8

Timeline

Official Publish: August 30th, 2012
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.