CVE-2017-5194

HIGH

Irssi < 0.8.21 - Use-After-Free via Invalid Nick Message

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid nick message.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0491
EPSS Percentile 91.1%
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-416
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
irssi/irssi < 0.8.21
Published Mar 03, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026