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
Published Aug 2, 2010
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.57%
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 products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.57% (0.07574) | 94.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.57% (0.07574) | 93.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.99% (0.11986) | 93.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.60% (0.14603) | 90.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.99% (0.11986) | 93.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.74% (0.02740) | 90.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.70% (0.03696) | 90.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 94.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 94.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 88.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40727 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40796 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/66648 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/changeset/4693 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/ticket/858 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40727 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40796 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/66648 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/changeset/4693 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/ticket/858 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch |
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