Out-of-Bounds Affecting weechat package, versions <1.6-1+deb9u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.84% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WEECHAT-314615
  • published23 Sept 2017
  • disclosed23 Sept 2017

Introduced: 23 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14727  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 weechat to version 1.6-1+deb9u2 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

logger.c in the logger plugin in WeeChat before 1.9.1 allows a crash via strftime date/time specifiers, because a buffer is not initialized.