Out-of-Bounds Affecting irssi/irssi package, versions [,0.8.20)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.71% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IRSSIIRSSI-2366238
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Sept 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7044  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade irssi/irssi to version 0.8.20 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

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