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CVE-2017-8073

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.11% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-04-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-8073
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.11%

Original NVD Description

WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

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