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Vulnerability · Published Feb 12, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-8955

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the weechat package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.4% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.4%top 10.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

irc_mode_channel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IRC message 324 (channel mode).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20weechat2.7.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8955
Alpine:v3.21weechat2.7.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8955
Alpine:v3.22weechat2.7.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8955
Alpine:v3.23weechat2.7.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8955
Alpine:v3.24weechat2.7.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8955
Debian:12weechat2.7.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8955
Debian:13weechat2.7.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8955
Debian:14weechat2.7.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8955

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References