CVE-2016-7044
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.9%irssi - security update
Published: 9/27/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/irssifrom 0, < 0.8.20-r0
- Debian/irssifrom 0, < 0.8.20-1
- Debian/irssifrom 0, < 0.8.17-1+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |