CVE-2017-8073

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8073
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-23 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:50:00 UTC
DescriptionWeeChat 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Weechat Weechat All All All All
Application Weechat Weechat All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3836-1 weechat DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
irc: fix parsing of DCC filename · weechat/weechat@2fb346f · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
WeeChat :: download :: security CONFIRM weechat.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
WeeChat, the extensible chat client CONFIRM weechat.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
WeeChat CVE-2017-8073 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501294 Alpine Linux Security Update for weechat
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