CVE-2009-0661

WeeChat: DoS (crash) when receiving special characters in IRC messages

Published Mar 19, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1744-1 New weechat packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0664 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.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:40 AM
Reserved
Feb 22, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 19, 2009, 10:30 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 14, 2009, 12:00 AM