CVE-2017-14727 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Weechat

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WeechatDebian Weechat
Timeline
PublishedSep 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

logger.c in the logger plugin in WeeChat before 1.9.1 allows a crash via strftime date/time specifiers, because a buffer is not initialized.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/weechat< weechat 1.9.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianweechat/weechat< 1.9.1-1+3
▶Ubuntuweechat/weechat< 1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1+2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-ppv9-cgrm-wr3p: logger↗2022-05-17
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OSV
weechat vulnerabilities↗2022-02-04
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OSV
CVE-2017-14727: logger↗2017-09-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
WeeChat vulnerabilities↗2022-02-04
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Debian
CVE-2017-14727: weechat - logger.c in the logger plugin in WeeChat before 1.9.1 allows a crash via strftim...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14727 weechat: Uninitialized buffer used in logger plugin↗2017-10-09
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