CVE-2012-6696 is a critical vulnerability affecting InspIRCd versions prior to 2.0.7, stemming from improper handling of unsigned integers, an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1836. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts over the network with low attack complexity. While there are no known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness. Despite its age, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100 suggests it remains a notable concern.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inspircd:inspircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/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.