CVE-2017-9468

HIGH

Irssi < 1.0.3 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in DCC Message Handling

Title source: llm

Description

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0325

EPSS Percentile 86.8%

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-476

Status published

Products (3)

debian/debian_linux 8.0

debian/debian_linux 9.0

irssi/irssi < 1.0.2

Published Jun 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026