High severity · published Mar 3, 2017
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
7.5
CVSS
5.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.1% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IR
Irssi · Irssi
0.8.18 before 0.8.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5196
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5196
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310
Patch
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45
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