Upstream information

CVE-2016-7044 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 999199 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2016:2524-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 12
  • irssi >= 0.8.20-9.1
  • irssi-devel >= 0.8.20-9.1
 Patchnames:
5661
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • irssi >= 0.8.20-3.1
  • irssi-devel >= 0.8.20-3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10455

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Sep 16 09:15:27 2016
CVE page last modified: Sat Jun 15 23:06:54 2024