High

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in wire-avs

  • Disclosed: 01.03.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

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

For more information

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Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.wire:avs < 7.1.12 7.1.12

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-134
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
com.wire:avs
Disclosed
01.03.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2j6v-xpf3-xvrv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: com.wire:avs

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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