CVE-2017-15723

HIGH

Irssi < 1.0.5 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Irssi before 1.0.5, overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
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 0.0230
EPSS Percentile 81.2%
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-476
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
irssi/irssi < 1.0.4
Published Oct 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026