CVE-2017-8073

Publication date 23 April 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
weechat 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.7-2ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.5-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.4-2ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
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