Improper Input Validation Affecting weechat package, versions [,0.2.6]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5% (93rd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WEECHAT-2368594
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Mar 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Mar 2009

CVE-2009-0661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for weechat.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC PRIVMSG command containing crafted color codes that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1