CVE-2016-7044

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7044
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-27T15:59:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-30T01:29:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.8.19
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672 Third Party Advisory
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7044
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7044
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:10:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:24:24 2016-09-27T15:59Z 2016-09-27T15:59:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:24:24 2017-07-30T01:29:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:24:24 Modified Vulnerability Status updated