CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9469
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-119
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to 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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer 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/99043 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/99043 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