CVE-2017-9468

Published: 6 June 2017

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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.5

Status

Package	Release	Status
irssi Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was released [0.8.15-5ubuntu3.2])
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (0.8.19-1ubuntu1.4)
	yakkety	Released (0.8.19-1ubuntu2.2)
	zesty	Released (0.8.20-2ubuntu2.1)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9468
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3317-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864400

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