CVE-2009-0661 — Improper Input Validation in Weechat

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.0%
top 16.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WeechatDebian WeechatFlashtux Weechat
Timeline
PublishedMar 19
Latest updateMay 2

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/weechat< weechat 0.2.6.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianweechat/weechat< 0.2.6.1-1+3
▶NVDflashtux/weechat0.2.6

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x574-mhvf-59h5: Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-0661: Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0↗2009-03-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
WeeChat: DoS (crash) when receiving special characters in IRC messages↗2009-03-14
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Debian
CVE-2009-0661: weechat - Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cau...↗2009
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-0661 WeeChat: DoS (crash) when receiving special characters in IRC messages↗2009-03-17
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