CVE-2009-0661
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD
Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC PRIVMSG command containing crafted color codes that trigger an out-of-bounds read.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0664)
- Published
- March 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0664 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- flashtux / weechat
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519940
- http://osvdb.org/52763
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?25862
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34304(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34328(Vendor Advisory)
- http://weechat.flashtux.org/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1744
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34148(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0758(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49295
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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