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CVE-2020-9760
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected).
Impact
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Weechat | Weechat | from 0.3.4 before 2.7.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51
- https://weechat.org/doc/security/
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51
- https://weechat.org/doc/security/