{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7045","details":"The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:33:06.434035Z","published":"2016-09-21T19:00:00Z","related":["USN-3086-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-7045"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7045"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/tag/0.8.20"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3086-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7045"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"irssi","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/irssi@0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["0.8.17-1ubuntu1","0.8.17-1ubuntu2","0.8.18-1ubuntu1","0.8.19-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"irssi"},{"binary_version":"0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"irssi-dev"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7045.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}