DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1959

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1959

    Published: 8 Jun 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-1959

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1959

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: irssi

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/irssi?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.13-2

    Affected versions

    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
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