CVE-2009-0661

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC PRIVMSG command containing crafted color codes that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

Flashtux Weechat: 0.2.6

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519940
http://osvdb.org/52763
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?25862
http://secunia.com/advisories/34304
http://secunia.com/advisories/34328
http://weechat.flashtux.org/
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1744
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34148
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0758
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49295
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519940

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