CVE-2017-5196
Published: 6 January 2017
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslar | 0.8.18 and later only |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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irssi Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(0.8.15-4ubuntu3)
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [0.8.15-5ubuntu3])
|
|
upstream |
Released
(0.8.21-1)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(0.8.19-1ubuntu1.3)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(0.8.19-1ubuntu2.1)
|
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/6c6c42e3d1b49d90aacc0b67f8540471cae02a1d |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |