CVE-2017-5196

irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences

Published Mar 3, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 5.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14304 Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3184-1 Irssi vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:55 PM
Reserved
Jan 6, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2017, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:20 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 5, 2017, 12:00 AM