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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/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 | Sep 20, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 23, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade weechat | May 1, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade weechat | Apr 24, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade weechat-luaUpgrade weechat-tcl-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-ruby-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-perlUpgrade weechat-guileUpgrade weechat-aspellUpgrade weechat-rubyUpgrade weechat-perl-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-langUpgrade weechat-tclUpgrade weechat-develUpgrade weechat-aspell-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-python-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-lua-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-debugsourceUpgrade weechatUpgrade weechat-guile-debuginfoUpgrade weechat-pythonUpgrade weechat-doc | May 2, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade weechat | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 23, 2017 |
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