CVE-2008-0672

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The process_chat_input function in TinTin++ 1.97.9 and WinTin++ 1.97.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a YES message without a newline character, which triggers a NULL dereference.

Affected products

Tintin++: 1.97.9
Tintin Wintin++: 1.97.9

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/rintintin-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/28833
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201111-07.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3632
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487687/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27660
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0449
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/rintintin-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/28833
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201111-07.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3632
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487687/100/0/threaded

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