CVE-2017-7191 — Use After Free in Irssi

CWE-416 — Use After Free9 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
IrssiDebian IrssiCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 27
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDirssi/irssi< 1.0.7+2
▶debiandebian/irssi< irssi 1.0.7-1 (bookworm)+1
▶Debianirssi/irssi< 1.0.7-1+7

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: irssi.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-2qj4-5xjm-32j8: The netjoin processing in Irssi 1↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-9q5h-rr4r-fvxg: An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-7054: An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1↗2018-02-15
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OSV
CVE-2017-7191: The netjoin processing in Irssi 1↗2017-03-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
irssi: use-after-free when a server is disconnected during netsplits↗2018-02-15
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Debian
CVE-2018-7054: irssi - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. There is a...↗2018
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Debian
CVE-2017-7191: irssi - The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a den...↗2017
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