Vulnerability CVE-2016-7044

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-7044 (CCN-117118)

Assigned:

2016-09-21

Published:

2016-09-21

Updated:

2017-07-30

Summary:

The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-7044

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-3672

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1036868

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-3086-1

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
irssi-cve20167044-bo(117118)

Source: CCN
Type: Irssi Security Advisory
heap corruption and missing boundary checks

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-7044

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 0.8.19)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3:

cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:irssi:irssi:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20167044	V	CVE-2016-7044	2022-06-30
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112442	P	irssi-0.8.20-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105948	P	irssi-0.8.20-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5081	P	Security update for curl (Moderate)	2021-07-23
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5068	P	Security update for libgcrypt (Important)	2021-06-24
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5741	P	Security update for postgresql10 (Moderate)	2021-06-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5059	P	Security update for caribou (Important)	2021-06-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5719	P	Security update for slurm (Important)	2021-06-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5050	P	Security update for dhcp (Important)	2021-06-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5017	P	Security update for php72 (Moderate)	2021-01-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4768	P	Security update for ovmf (Moderate)	2020-12-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4898	P	Security update for rmt-server (Important)	2020-12-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4790	P	Security update for util-linux and shadow (Moderate)	2020-12-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4917	P	Security update for ovmf (Moderate)	2020-12-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4836	P	Security update for rmt-server (Important)	2020-12-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4992	P	Security update for apache-commons-beanutils (Important)	2020-12-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4760	P	Security update for qemu (Important)	2020-12-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4883	P	Security update for xen (Important)	2020-12-02
oval:org.cisecurity:def:1200	P	DSA-3672-1 -- irssi -- security update	2016-11-10
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20167044000	V	CVE-2016-7044 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2016-09-27
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20167044000	V	CVE-2016-7044 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2016-09-27
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201670440000000	V	CVE-2016-7044 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-09-27
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20167044000	V	CVE-2016-7044 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-09-27

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