CVE-2010-2785

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2785
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-02 20:40:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2451 and CVE-2010-2452.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kvirc Kvirc 3.0.0 All All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 3.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 3.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 3.0.1 All All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 3.4.0 All All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 3.4.2 All All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 3.4.2 rc1 All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 4.0.0 All All All
Application Kvirc Kvirc 4.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
GitHub - kvirc/KVIrc: The KVIrc IRC Client af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.kvirc.de Patch
Fedora update for kvirc - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/66648 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
330111 – <net-irc/kvirc-4.1_pre4693: Remote command execution (CVE-2010-2785) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: kvirc-4.0.0-3.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
'Re: [oss-security] CVE Request -- KVIrc -- Remote CTCP commands' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Patch
KVIrc Failed DCC Handshake Notification Command Injection Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request -- KVIrc -- Remote CTCP commands execution via specially-crafted CTCP parameter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
GitHub - kvirc/KVIrc: The KVIrc IRC Client af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.kvirc.de Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: kvirc-4.0.0-3.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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