ubuntu · CVE-2016-2233

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Priority: low Published: 2017-01-18 17:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-26 11:54:05 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-2233 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (hexchat, xchat, xchat-gnome), 69 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 36, not-affected 25, ignored 3, needed 2, needs-triage 2, released 1.

Description:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the inbound_cap_ls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of options in a CAP LS message.

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