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CVE-2017-9469

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.

Published

2017-06-07T01:29:01.110

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-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	irssi	irssi	≤ 1.0.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99043 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99043 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)