CVE-2017-8073

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    CVE-2017-8073

    Published: 23 Apr 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ASRTCQFFDAAK347URWNDH6NSED2BGNY/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ER23GT23US5JXDLUZAMGMWXKZ74MI4S2/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3LAJTLI3LWZRNCFYJ7PCBBTHUMCCBHH/, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97987, https://weechat.org/news/95/20170422-Version-1.7.1/, https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70b, https://weechat.org/download/security/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -f9b449df349f2998e6572f2b8dc434c9bb753f6d

    Affected versions

    v1.7

    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