Advisory Weakness Curation

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in wire-avs ### Impact A remote format string vulnerability allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. ### Patches * The issue has been fixed in wire-avs 7.1.12 and is already included on all Wire products (currently used version is 8.0.x) ### Workarounds * No workaround known ### References * Fixed in commit https://github.com/wireapp/wire-avs/commit/40d373ede795443ae6f2f756e9fb1f4f4ae90bbe ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory feel free to email us at [vulnerability-report@wire.com](mailto:vulnerability-report@wire.com)

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String wire-avs is the audio visual signaling (AVS) component of Wire, an open-source messenger. A remote format string vulnerability in versions prior to 7.1.12 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The issue has been fixed in wire-avs 7.1.12. There are currently no known workarounds.