CVE-2010-2785

EPSS 11.3%

kvirc - arbitrary IRC command execution

Published: 8/2/2010Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2785

Description

The IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2451 and CVE-2010-2452.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/kvircfrom 0, < 4:4.0.0-3
Debian/kvircfrom 0, < 2:3.4.0-6

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2785