Out-of-Bounds Affecting weechat package, versions <0.3.9.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.61% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-WEECHAT-5699571
  • published19 Nov 2012
  • disclosed19 Nov 2012

Introduced: 19 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-5854  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 weechat to version 0.3.9.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream weechat package and not the weechat package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in WeeChat 0.3.6 through 0.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IRC colors that are not properly decoded.

CVSS Base Scores

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