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CVE-2012-5621
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.8%
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- redhat
Description
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-2998 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=7d09807257 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ekiga-utf8-dos(80640) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 56790 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121203 Re: CVE Request -- Ekiga (x < 4.0.0): DoS (crash) after receiving call from other party with not UTF-8 valid name (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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