CVE-2009-1959
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.084 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-33041Irssi 0.8.13 - 'WALLOPS' Message Off-by-One Heap Memory Corruptionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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references (30)
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- http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=662enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35812enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36152enisa_euvd
- http://www.irssi.org/ChangeLogenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:133enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/3enisa_euvd
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