| Name | CVE-2016-7044 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3672-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| irssi (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.8.17-1+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.0.7-1~deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1.2.0-2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.2.3-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.4.3-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| irssi | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| irssi | source | jessie | 0.8.17-1+deb8u1 | | DSA-3672-1 | |
| irssi | source | (unstable) | 0.8.20-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - irssi <not-affected> (Introduced in 0.8.17-beta)
http://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt