CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-9760

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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://weechat.org/doc/security/ Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:weechat:weechat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-03-23 04:15

Updated : 2022-04-01 03:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-9760

Mitre link : CVE-2020-9760

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-120