CVE-2021-40516

HIGH

WeeChat <3.2.1 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://weechat.org/doc/security/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0098
EPSS Percentile 76.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
weechat/weechat 0.4.1 - 3.2.1
Published Sep 05, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026