CVE-2012-5621 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Ekiga VoIP application by sending a connection request with invalid UTF-8 strings in the party name.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-5621?
CVE-2012-5621 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5621?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ekiga Ekiga.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5621?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-5621 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5621 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwrv-fxxr-7f3g.