CVE-2017-5356

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2017-03-03

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Irssi (Irssi)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html