ekiga: DoS (crash) after receiving call from other party with not UTF-8 valid name
Published Sep 29, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.77%
Description
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ekiga
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ekiga
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ekiga | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ekiga | Will not fix | n/a |
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:N/C:N/I:N/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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02775) | 85.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02775) | 84.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.57% (0.01574) | 80.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.75% (0.02754) | 90.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2024 | 2.75% (0.02754) | 90.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 3.11% (0.03108) | 90.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.09% (0.03088) | 89.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/407 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56790 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5621 Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80640 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=7d09807257 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099554.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5621
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5621
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/4.0/ekiga-4.0.0.news | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/407 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56790 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5621 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5621_denial_of | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883058 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80640 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=7d09807257 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099554.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5621 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5621 |
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