CVE-2017-15722 — Out-of-bounds Read in Irssi

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
IrssiDebian IrssiDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In certain cases, Irssi before 1.0.5 may fail to verify that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing reads beyond the end of the string.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/irssi< irssi 1.0.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianirssi/irssi< 1.0.5-1+3
▶Ubuntuirssi/irssi< 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.3+1
▶NVDirssi/irssi1.0.4

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: irssi.org ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-63fm-gg2w-fv97: In certain cases, Irssi before 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
irssi vulnerabilities↗2017-10-26
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OSV
CVE-2017-15722: In certain cases, Irssi before 1↗2017-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Irssi vulnerabilities↗2017-10-26
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Red Hat
irssi: Out-of-bounds access while verifying that a Safe channel ID is long enough↗2017-10-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-15722: irssi - In certain cases, Irssi before 1.0.5 may fail to verify that a Safe channel ID i...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15227 CVE-2017-15228 CVE-2017-15721 CVE-2017-15722 CVE-2017-15723 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-11-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15722 irssi: Out-of-bounds access while verifying that a Safe channel ID is long enough↗2017-11-08
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