Description
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
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
0.0105
EPSS Percentile
77.8%
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
0.8.18 - 0.8.21
Published
Mar 03, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026