CVE-2016-7045

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.

CVSS v3.0

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

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

EPSS

4.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91th percentile

Published

2016-09-27

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-7044
• CVE-2016-7054
• CVE-2016-6914
• CVE-2016-7063
• CVE-2016-6913
• CVE-2016-7065