CVE-2017-8073

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8073
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-23 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 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

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WeeChat, the extensible chat client af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weechat.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
WeeChat :: download :: security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weechat.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3836-1 weechat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
irc: fix parsing of DCC filename · weechat/weechat@2fb346f · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
WeeChat CVE-2017-8073 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: weechat-2.7.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

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