UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8955

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8955
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8955.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8955
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Published
2020-02-12T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:00Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

ircmodechannel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IRC message 324 (channel mode).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / weechat

Package

Name
weechat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/weechat@1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3-1
1.3-1build1
1.4-1
1.4-1build1
1.4-1build2
1.4-2
1.4-2ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-core",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / weechat

Package

Name
weechat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/weechat@1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.1-1
1.9.1-1build1
1.9.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-core",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}