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CVE-2017-5196

Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.

Published

2017-03-03T15:59:00.790

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	irssi	irssi	< 0.8.21	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)