Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a…
Priority LOW 28CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03105 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0661
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x574-mhvf-59h5
References
More Flashtux Weechat vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-04884 Heap-based buffer overflow in WeeChat 0.3.6 through 0.3.9 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2012-04652 The hook_process function in the plugin API for WeeChat 0.3.0 through 0.3.9.1 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2011-01251 Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (aka WeeChat) 0.3.4 and earlier does not properly… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
Sources
- CVE-2009-0661 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-0661 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x574-mhvf-59h5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2009-0661 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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