CVE-2017-15228

HIGH

Irssi < 1.0.4 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Irssi before 1.0.5, when installing themes with unterminated colour formatting sequences, may access data beyond the end of the string.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt
Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 57.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
irssi/irssi < 1.0.4
Published Oct 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026