CVE-2016-7044
Published: 21 September 2016
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.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Gabriel Campana and Adrien Guinet discovered that the format parsing code in Irssi did not properly verify 24bit color codes. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Notes
Author | Note |
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sbeattie | introduced in 0.17 |
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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irssi Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(0.8.20)
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precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2)
|
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/295a4b77f07f14602eeaa371f00ddbf09910c82b |