CVE-2012-5621 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Ekiga versions prior to 4.0.0, specifically within the lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp component. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending an OPAL connection containing invalid UTF-8 strings in the party name, leading to a crash of the application. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, though its impact is limited to availability (a crash). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.9.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ekiga:ekiga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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