UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9760

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9760
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9760.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9760
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Published
2020-03-23T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:25:49.256650Z
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

An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.

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-core-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins-dbgsym",
            "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-core-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-curses-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "weechat-plugins-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}