CVE-2016-7045
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 5%
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.
Products: irssi, debian_linux, canonical ubuntu_linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.2 | irssi | 0.8.20-r0 |
| Alpine 3.3 | irssi | 0.8.20-r0 |
| Arch Linux | irssi | 0.8.20-1 |
| Debian 12 | irssi | 0.8.20-1 |
| Debian 13 | irssi | 0.8.20-1 |
| Debian 14 | irssi | 0.8.20-1 |
| Debian 8 | irssi | 0.8.17-1+deb8u1 |
| SUSE Package Hub 12 | irssi | 0.8.20-9.1 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | irssi | 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | irssi | 0.8.20-3.1 |