Numeric Errors Affecting irssi package, versions <0.8.13-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.93% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IRSSI-350983
  • published8 Jun 2009
  • disclosed8 Jun 2009

Introduced: 8 Jun 2009

CVE-2009-1959  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable irssi to version 0.8.13-2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow.

CVSS Scores

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