UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7045

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7045

    Published: 21 Sept 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-7045
    Aliases:
    USN-3086-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7045, https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/tag/0.8.20, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3086-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7045

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: irssi

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    0.8.17-1ubuntu1
    0.8.17-1ubuntu2
    0.8.18-1ubuntu1
    0.8.19-1ubuntu1

    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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