CVE-2017-5356 — Out-of-bounds Read in Irssi

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV3.3
EPSS
2.8%
top 13.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
IrssiDebian IrssiDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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 (]).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDirssi/irssi< 0.8.21
▶debiandebian/irssi< irssi 0.8.21-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianirssi/irssi< 0.8.21-1+3
▶Ubuntuirssi/irssi< 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0

Patches

Patch: irssi.org ↗Patch: irssi.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rxfr-9cmv-jwxm: Irssi before 0↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-5356: Irssi before 0↗2017-03-03
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OSV
irssi vulnerabilities↗2017-02-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Irssi vulnerabilities↗2017-02-01
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Red Hat
irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string↗2017-01-12
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Debian
CVE-2017-5356: irssi - Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5356 irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string↗2017-01-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [epel-5]↗2017-01-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5195 CVE-2017-5196 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-01-06
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