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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-weechat | Sep 20, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 23, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-weechat | May 1, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-weechat | Apr 24, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-weechatsuse-upgrade-weechat-aspellsuse-upgrade-weechat-aspell-debuginfosuse-upgrade-weechat-debuginfosuse-upgrade-weechat-debugsourcesuse-upgrade-weechat-develsuse-upgrade-weechat-docsuse-upgrade-weechat-guilesuse-upgrade-weechat-guile-debuginfosuse-upgrade-weechat-langsuse-upgrade-weechat-luasuse-upgrade-weechat-lua-debuginfosuse-upgrade-weechat-perlsuse-upgrade-weechat-perl-debuginfosuse-upgrade-weechat-pythonsuse-upgrade-weechat-python-debuginfosuse-upgrade-weechat-rubysuse-upgrade-weechat-ruby-debuginfosuse-upgrade-weechat-tclsuse-upgrade-weechat-tcl-debuginfo | May 2, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-weechat | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 23, 2017 |
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