CVE-2018-5205

HIGH

irssi < 1.0.6 - Use-After-Free via Incomplete Escape Codes

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3527-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0249
EPSS Percentile 82.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-134
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian/debian_linux 9.0
irssi/irssi < 1.0.6
Published Jan 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026