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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51	Third Party Advisory
https://weechat.org/doc/security/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:weechat:weechat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-03-23 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 17:47

NVD link : CVE-2020-9760

Mitre link : CVE-2020-9760

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-9760

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Products Affected

weechat

weechat

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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