CVE-2010-3438 describes a critical vulnerability in libpoe-component-irc-perl versions prior to 6.32, affecting various Debian and Fedora distributions. The flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary IRC commands by failing to sanitize carriage returns and line feeds in user input, specifically through the 'privmsg' handler. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as forcing a client to disconnect. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it's not on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpoe-component-irc-perl_project:libpoe-component-irc-perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.