UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2233

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2233
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2233.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2233
Upstream
Published
2017-01-18T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:38Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the inboundcapls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of options in a CAP LS message.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / xchat-gnome

Package

Name
xchat-gnome
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xchat-gnome@1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu6
1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu7
1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu8
1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "xchat-gnome",
            "binary_version": "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xchat-gnome-common",
            "binary_version": "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2233.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / hexchat

Package

Name
hexchat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hexchat@2.10.2-1ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10.2-1ubuntu2
2.10.2-1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "hexchat",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-common",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-python",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2233.json"