CVE-2009-1959

Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

8.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2009-06-06

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33041

Security advisories

• http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=662
• http://www.irssi.org/ChangeLog
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:133
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35399
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-800-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry