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CVE-2018-5205

Published: 6 January 2018

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

Notes

AuthorNote
ratliff
GL#21, GL!26

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
irssi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (1.0.4-1ubuntu2.2)
trusty
Released (0.8.15-5ubuntu3.4)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.8.19-1ubuntu1.6)
zesty
Released (0.8.20-2ubuntu2.3)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/f5c3995feaf70b06225f6af4a126ba33adcd4f6c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N