CVE-2017-8073
weechat - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.9%
Description
WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.
How to fix CVE-2017-8073
To remediate CVE-2017-8073, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/weechat—upgrade to 1.2-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7-3 or later
- —upgrade to 0.3.8-1+deb7u2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.1-1+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-8073 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.2-r1
- from 0, < 1.7-3
- from 0, < 0.3.8-1+deb7u2
- from 0, < 1.0.1-1+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |