CVE-2010-3438

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.7%

libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds. This can be used to execute arbitrary IRC commands by passing an argument such as "some text\rQUIT" to the 'privmsg' handler, which would cause the client to disconnect from the server.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-134
Published: 2019-11-12
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
fedoraproject:fedora
libpoe-component-irc-perl_project:libpoe-component-irc-perl

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438

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