CVE-2011-5129

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.077 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
7.70% (95th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
52 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Heap-based buffer overflow in XChat 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long response string.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (52)

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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published 2012-08-30modified 2026-06-16
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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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