CVE-2017-5196

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-03-03

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Irssi (Irssi)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45