CVE-2010-3438

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2019 at 07:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLibpoe Component Irc Perl

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds. This can be used to execute arbitrary IRC commands by passing an argument such as "some text\rQUIT" to the 'privmsg' handler, which would cause the client to disconnect from the server.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.32
Affected range stops below 6.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 6.32
Affected range stops below 6.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (3)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-134

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