CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-10966
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-07-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.
Affected configurations
• irssi irssi (<= 1.0.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016 www.debian.org
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016 www.debian.org