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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-7044: Vulnerability in Irssi

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-7044: Vulnerability in Irssi

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/27/2016
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/19/2018
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-entire-11-4-11-4-0-0-1-15-0

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