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FKIE_CVE-2016-7045

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-27 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:52
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
irssi irssi *
debian debian_linux 8.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
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