CVE-2018-5208
CRITICALirssi < 1.0.6 - Heap Buffer Overflow via Completion Code
Title source: llmDescription
In Irssi before 1.0.6, a calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
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
9.8
EPSS
0.0238
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
irssi/irssi
< 1.0.6
Published
Jan 06, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026