What is CVE-2016-7044?

CVE-2016-7044 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irssi, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-7044?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Irssi

CVE-2016-7044

The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.047 (90.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Irssi
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7044?: CVE-2016-7044 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irssi, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-7044?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.