CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9468
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• irssi irssi (<= 1.0.2)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory