CVE-2017-8073 — 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 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 17.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WeechatDebian WeechatDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

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 1.7-3 (bookworm)
▶NVDweechat/weechat< 1.7.1
▶Debianweechat/weechat< 1.7-3+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: weechat.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-67v2-2xg7-wff8: WeeChat before 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-8073: WeeChat before 1↗2017-04-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-8073: weechat - WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the ...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8073 weechat: Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function [epel-all]↗2017-04-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8073 weechat: Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function↗2017-04-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8073 weechat: Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function [fedora-all]↗2017-04-24
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