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CVE-2012-6697

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6697 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in InspIRCd versions prior to 2.0.7, specifically affecting Debian Linux distributions. This high-severity flaw, rated 7.5 CVSS, allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger an infinite loop, effectively rendering the IRC daemon unusable. While the vulnerability has a high impact on availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:inspire_ircd:inspircd:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / inspircd/inspircd/commit/58c893e834ff20495d00770922
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201512-13
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3226
Third Party Advisory