CVE-2012-6084

no score yetEPSS 3.0%

modules/m_capab.c in (1) ircd-ratbox before 3.0.8 and (2) Charybdis before 3.4.2 does not properly support capability negotiation during server handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request.

EPSS: 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2013-01-01
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox
ratbox:ircd-ratbox

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/4
http://rabbit.dereferenced.org/~nenolod/ASA-2012-12-31.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2612
http://www.ratbox.org/download/ircd-ratbox-3.0.8.tar.bz2
http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-3.4.2.tbz2

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