VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-8073
WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.11% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- weechat/weechat · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97987Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ASRTCQFFDAAK347URWNDH6NSED2BGNY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ER23GT23US5JXDLUZAMGMWXKZ74MI4S2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3LAJTLI3LWZRNCFYJ7PCBBTHUMCCBHH/
- https://weechat.org/download/security/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://weechat.org/news/95/20170422-Version-1.7.1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97987Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ASRTCQFFDAAK347URWNDH6NSED2BGNY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ER23GT23US5JXDLUZAMGMWXKZ74MI4S2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3LAJTLI3LWZRNCFYJ7PCBBTHUMCCBHH/
- https://weechat.org/download/security/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://weechat.org/news/95/20170422-Version-1.7.1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.