CVE-2016-7045
Published: 21 September 2016
The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Gabriel Campana and Adrien Guinet discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the format parsing code in Irssi. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | introduce in 0.17 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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irssi Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
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| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
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| upstream |
Released
(0.8.20)
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| xenial |
Released
(0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2)
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/295a4b77f07f14602eeaa371f00ddbf09910c82b |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |