cve/2016/CVE-2016-7045.md

### [CVE-2016-7045](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7045)
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### Description

The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt

#### Github
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