Out-of-bounds Read Affecting weechat package, versions [0.4.1,3.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WEECHAT-2368590
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Sept 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-40516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade weechat to version 3.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. WeeChat before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WebSocket frame that trigger an out-of-bounds read in plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c in the Relay plugin.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1