CVE-2024-46613 is a critical integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow vulnerability in WeeChat versions prior to 4.4.2, specifically affecting string handling functions when processing lists with over two billion items. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-exploitable nature, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.1.6, < 4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:weechat:weechat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.