9.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-9760

Published: 23/03/2020 Updated: 01/04/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

An issue exists in WeeChat prior to 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.

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A buffer overflow has been found in Weechat before 271, when a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes ...