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CVE-2017-8073
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-23T15:59:00.200 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:25:44.450

Summary

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.

Affected products

weechat — weechat

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References

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