CVE-2009-1959
N/A
Published: June 6, 2009 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIrssi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (15)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=662Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:133Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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