CVE-2016-7045

High

Description

The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIrssi
PublishedSep 27, 2016
First seenSep 27, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
irssi irssiv ≤ 0.8.19—
debian debian_linux8.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux16.04—

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