Vulnerability CVE-2017-8073
Published: 2017-04-23

Description:
WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Weechat -> Weechat 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97987
https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70b
https://weechat.org/download/security/
https://weechat.org/news/95/20170422-Version-1.7.1/
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