CVE-2017-5196
published 2017-03-03CVE-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.
PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
5.05%
91.3th percentile
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.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | irssi | < irssi 0.8.21-1 (bookworm) | irssi 0.8.21-1 (bookworm) |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1 | 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.3 | 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.3 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0.8.18 < 0.8.21 | 0.8.21 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu3.3LOW
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Ubuntu
Irssi vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2017-02-01·CVSS 3.3
CVE-2016-7553 [LOW] Irssi vulnerabilities
Title: Irssi vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.
It was discovered that the Irssi buf.pl script set incorrect permissions. A
local attacker could use this issue to retrieve another user's window
contents. (CVE-2016-7553)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled comparing nicks. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5193)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled invalid nick messages. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5194)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain incomplete
control codes. A remot
Red Hat
irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences
vendor_redhat·2017-01-05·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5196 [HIGH] CWE-125 irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences
irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences
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.
Package: irssi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: irssi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2017-5196: irssi - Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5196 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5196: irssi - Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
GHSA
GHSA-v3m2-h894-2pfw: Irssi 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2017-5196 [HIGH] CWE-125 GHSA-v3m2-h894-2pfw: Irssi 0
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-5196: Irssi 0
osv·2017-03-03·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5196 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5196: Irssi 0
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.
OSV
irssi vulnerabilities
osv·2017-02-01·CVSS 3.3
CVE-2016-7553 [LOW] irssi vulnerabilities
irssi vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Irssi buf.pl script set incorrect permissions. A
local attacker could use this issue to retrieve another user's window
contents. (CVE-2016-7553)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled comparing nicks. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5193)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled invalid nick messages. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5194)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain incomplete
control codes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to
crash, resul
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5196 irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences
bugzilla·2017-01-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5196 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5196 irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences
CVE-2017-5196 irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences
An out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences was found in irssi.
External References:
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
Upstream patch:
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/6c6c42e3d1b49d90aacc0b67f8540471cae02a1d
CVE assignment:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/26
Discussion:
Created irssi tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1410829]
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5195 CVE-2017-5196 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-01-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5193 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5195 CVE-2017-5196 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5195 CVE-2017-5196 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multi
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txthttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txthttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45
2017-03-03
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