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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8955

irc_mode_channel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IRC message 324 (channel mode).

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.68%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

irc_mode_channel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IRC message 324 (channel mode).

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.68% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
weechat/weechat · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/backports sle · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.