CVE-2012-1836
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in dns.cpp in InspIRCd 2.0.5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS query that uses compression.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1846)
- Published
- March 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1846 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- inspircd / inspircd
References
- http://osvdb.org/80263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48474
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2448
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212651(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52561
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74157
- https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/fe7dbd2c104c37f6f3af7d9f1646a3c332aea4a4(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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