CVE-2020-9760

Name
CVE-2020-9760
Description
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.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Vendor Advisory https://weechat.org/doc/security/
Patch https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197f
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.html
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:weechat:weechat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* weechat >= 0.3.4 < 2.7.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
weechat edge-community 1.9.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
weechat edge-community 1.7.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
weechat 3.22-community 1.9.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
weechat 3.22-community 1.7.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable