CVE-2016-7553

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7553
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7553.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7553
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-02-27T22:59:00.480Z
Modified
2026-04-16T01:45:10.984547052Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat conversations by reading the file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.13"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:irssi:buf.pl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "2.20"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "0.8.20"
                }
            ],
            "source": "DESCRIPTION"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
f1b1eb154baa684fad5d65bf4dff79c8ded8b65a
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7553.json"