Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-0661

Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC PRIVMSG command containing crafted color codes that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service

Published 2009-03-19 10:30:00

Updated 2017-08-17 01:29:58

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0661

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 9.56%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 94 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-0661

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	10.0	2.9	[email protected]
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2009-0661

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)

References for CVE-2009-0661

Products affected by CVE-2009-0661

Flashtux » Weechat » Version: 0.2.6
cpe:2.3:a:flashtux:weechat:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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