CVE-2016-7045 in irssi

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 08/23/2016
• Disclosure: 09/27/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-91842
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.5
• EPSS: 0.01922
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7045
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7045
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-7045/