CVE-2009-1959

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00146.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51184

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1596

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-800-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022410

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35399

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/3

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:133

http://secunia.com/advisories/36152

http://secunia.com/advisories/35812

http://secunia.com/advisories/35685

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3