CVE-2009-1959

Medium

Description

Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductIrssi
PublishedJun 8, 2009
First seenJun 8, 2009

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
irssi irssi0.8.13—

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