CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5205
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-06
- 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:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134
Description
When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
Affected configurations
• irssi irssi (< 1.0.6)
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness
References
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3527-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162 Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3527-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162 Third Party Advisory