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CVE-2016-7044

The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

Published

2016-09-27T15:59:09.033

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	irssi	irssi	≤ 0.8.19	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)