CVE-2020-9760
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC...
CVE-2020-9760 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Weechat, published March 23, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.10%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in weechat 2.7.1-1.
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
- Record
CVE-2020-9760- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
- Record
CVE-2020-9760- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30539 No score
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
- Record
EUVD-2020-30539- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v7rw-j9c8-92qq
9.8
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC...
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
- Record
GHSA-v7rw-j9c8-92qq- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
- Record
CVE-2020-9760- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-9760
9.8
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9760- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-9760
9.8
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9760- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0153 No score
Updated weechat packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated weechat packages fix security vulnerabilities:
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.4.0 to 2.7 are affected). A malformed message 352 (who) can cause a NULL pointer dereference in the callback function, resulting in a crash (CVE-2020-9759).
An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected). When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick (CVE-2020-9760).
- Record
MGASA-2020-0153- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5258-1 No score
weechat vulnerabilities
Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat's relay plugin insecurely handled malformed websocket frames. A remote attacker in control of a server could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service in a client. (CVE-2021-40516)
Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat insecurely handled certain IRC messages. A remote attacker in control of a server could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service in a client. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-9760)
Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat insecurely handled certain IRC messages. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use these issues to cause denial of service in a client. These issues only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-9759, CVE-2020-8955)
Joseph Bisch discovered that WeeChat's logger incorrectly handled certain memory operations when handling log file names. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service in a client. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-14727)
- Record
USN-5258-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
weechatDebian:12 |
before 2.7.1-1 | 2.7.1-1 |
weechatDebian:13 |
before 2.7.1-1 | 2.7.1-1 |
weechatDebian:14 |
before 2.7.1-1 | 2.7.1-1 |
weechatDebian:8 |
before 1.0.1-1+deb8u3, plus listed versions 1.0.1-11.0.1-1+deb8u11.0.1-1+deb8u1~bpo70+11.0.1-1+deb8u2 |
1.0.1-1+deb8u3 |
weechatDebian:9 |
before 1.6-1+deb9u3, plus listed versions 1.6-1+deb9u11.6-1+deb9u2 |
1.6-1+deb9u3 |
weechatMageia:7 |
before 2.7.1-1.mga7 | 2.7.1-1.mga7 |
weechatUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
before 1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1, plus listed versions 1.3-11.3-1build11.4-11.4-1build11.4-1build21.4-21.4-2ubuntu0.1 |
1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
weechatUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
before 1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions 1.9.1-11.9.1-1build11.9.1-1ubuntu1 |
1.9.1-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
weechatUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
before 2.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions 2.6-22.6-2build12.6-2build22.6-2ubuntu12.6-2ubuntu22.8-1 |
2.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
weechat.org/doc/security
github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197f
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9760
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-v7rw-j9c8-92qq
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-9760
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0153.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26400
debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2157
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9760
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5258-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9760
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14727
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8955
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9759
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40516