CVE-2016-7044

HIGH

Irssi < 0.8.19 - Denial of Service via Incomplete 24bit Color Code

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0471
EPSS Percentile 90.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
irssi/irssi < 0.8.19
Published Sep 27, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026