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CVE-2009-0661: flashtux weechat Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-0661DSA-1744-1
Published 19-03-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0661 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in flashtux weechat. EPSS estimates a 3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-03-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.10% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • weechat< 0.2.6-1+lenny1 | < 0.2.6.1-1
Flashtux1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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