Critical severity · published Nov 10, 2024
CVE-2024-46613
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
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Weechat · Weechat
0.1.6 before 4.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46613
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46613
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2178
Vendor Advisory
https://weechat.org/doc/weechat/security/WSA-2024-1/
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