CVE-2017-8073

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

3.11%

Published

Apr 23, 2017

Modified

May 12, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Products (2)

weechat · weechat (up to 1.7.1)vulnerable

debian · debian_linuxvulnerable

References (16)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97987

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70b

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ASRTCQFFDAAK347URWNDH6NSED2BGNY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ER23GT23US5JXDLUZAMGMWXKZ74MI4S2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3LAJTLI3LWZRNCFYJ7PCBBTHUMCCBHH/

https://weechat.org/download/security/

PatchVendor Advisory

https://weechat.org/news/95/20170422-Version-1.7.1/

Release NotesVendor Advisory