Name: CVE-2021-40516: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-40516, CWE-125, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00981

WeeChat before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WebSocket frame that trigger an out-of-bounds read in plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c in the Relay plugin.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade weechat	Oct 1, 2024	Sep 5, 2021
Debian	—	Upgrade weechat	Nov 29, 2021	Sep 5, 2021
Suse	—	Upgrade weechat-tclUpgrade weechat-develUpgrade weechatUpgrade weechat-langUpgrade weechat-spellUpgrade weechat-pythonUpgrade weechat-rubyUpgrade weechat-perlUpgrade weechat-lua	Mar 22, 2022	Sep 5, 2021
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade weechat (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-ruby (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-guile (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-perl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-lua (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-tcl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-headless (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-curses (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-php (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-plugins (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-python (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade weechat-core (Ubuntu Pro)	Mar 22, 2023	Sep 5, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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