CVE-2008-4748

Name	CVE-2008-4748
Description	Format string vulnerability in the URI handler in KVirc 3.4.0, when set as the default application for processing IRC URIs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the irc:// URI.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
kvirc (PTS)	bullseye	4:5.0.0+dfsg-5	fixed
	bookworm	4:5.0.0+dfsg-6	fixed
	sid, trixie	4:5.2.6-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
kvirc	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- kvirc <not-affected> (Windows-specific vulnerability)