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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-14727

logger.c in the logger plugin in WeeChat before 1.9.1 allows a crash via strftime date/time specifiers, because a buffer is not initialized.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:12 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-14727

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Sept 2017, 20:29 UTC

logger.c in the logger plugin in WeeChat before 1.9.1 allows a crash via strftime date/time specifiers, because a buffer is not initialized.

osv:CVE-2017-14727
Complete source record
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