UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40516

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40516

    Published: 5 Sept 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-40516
    Aliases:
    USN-5258-1

    Summary:

    Details: WeeChat before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WebSocket frame that trigger an out-of-bounds read in plugins/relay/relay-websocket.c in the Relay plugin.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40516, https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/8b1331f98de1714bae15a9ca2e2b393ba49d735b, https://weechat.org/doc/security/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5258-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40516

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: weechat

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.3-1

    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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