CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-7044.md

### [CVE-2016-7044](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7044)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt

#### Github
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