DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1959

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1959
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1959.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1959
Upstream
Published
2009-06-08T01:00:00.767Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:12:34.064603Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / irssi

Package

Name
irssi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/irssi?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / irssi

Package

Name
irssi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/irssi?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / irssi

Package

Name
irssi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/irssi?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / irssi

Package

Name
irssi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/irssi?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}