vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-7044: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 27, 2016
Added
Sep 20, 2017
Modified
Aug 8, 2025

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.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-irssi
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