CVE-2020-8955
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 9.7%weechat - security update
Published: 2/12/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
irc_mode_channel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IRC message 324 (channel mode).
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/weechatfrom 0, < 2.7.1-1
- Debian/weechatfrom 0, < 1.0.1-1+deb8u3
- Debian/weechatfrom 0, < 1.6-1+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |