UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8073

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8073
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8073.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8073
Upstream
Published
2017-04-23T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:14Z
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 - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the ircctcpdccfilenamewithout_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / weechat

Package

Name
weechat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/weechat@0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.1-2
0.4.2-2ubuntu1
0.4.2-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat",
            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-core",
            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses",
            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / weechat

Package

Name
weechat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/weechat@1.4-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3-1
1.3-1build1
1.4-1
1.4-1build1
1.4-1build2
1.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-core",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}