CVE-2009-0661

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    CVE-2009-0661

    Published: 19 Mar 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC PRIVMSG command containing crafted color codes that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34304, http://secunia.com/advisories/34328, http://weechat.flashtux.org/, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1744, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0758, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34148, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0758, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519940, http://osvdb.org/52763, http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?25862, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/8, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49295

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High