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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-7044

The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:19 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-7044

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Sept 2016, 15:59 UTC

The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

osv:CVE-2016-7044
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7044",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-7044",
    "summary": "The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7044",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
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      "affected": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.136294983Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429491,
  "published_at": "2016-09-27T15:59:09.033+00:00"
}