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TI-2024-31065 Aliases CVE-2024-46613GHSA-q743-h9vw-38hv

WeeChat before 4.4.2 has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow at…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

WeeChat before 4.4.2 has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow at core/core-string.c when there are more than two billion items in a list. This affects string_free_split_shared , string_free_split, string_free_split_command, and string_free_split_tags.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00481 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:weechat:weechat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.6 to before 4.4.2Vulnerableweechat
  • cpe:2.3:a:weechat:weechat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.6 to before 4.4.2 Vulnerable ·weechat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-46613
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q743-h9vw-38hv

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2020-07189 irc_mode_channel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-07845 An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05663 WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-17557 WeeChat before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-11111 WeeChat (aka Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) 3.2 to 3.4 before 3.4.1 does not properly… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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