CVE-2020-9760
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CVE-2020-9760 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Weechat | Weechat | >= 0.3.4, < 2.7.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
References
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51Third Party Advisory
- https://weechat.org/doc/security/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51Third Party Advisory
- https://weechat.org/doc/security/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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