CVE-2008-4748

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Format string vulnerability in the URI handler in KVirc 3.4.0, when set as the default application for processing IRC URIs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the irc:// URI.

Affected products

Kvirc: 3.4.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32410
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46114
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6832
http://secunia.com/advisories/32410
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31912
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2926
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46114
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6832

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