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CVE-2009-1959

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-06-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow.

Affected Platforms

Irssi Irssi

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References