CVE-2018-7052
published 2018-02-15CVE-2018-7052: An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer…
PriorityP432high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.31%
81.6th percentile
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | irssi | < irssi 1.0.7-1 (bookworm) | irssi 1.0.7-1 (bookworm) |
| irssi | irssi | < 1.0.7 | 1.0.7 |
| irssi | irssi | — | — |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 1.0.7-1 | 1.0.7-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 1.0.7-1 | 1.0.7-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 1.0.7-1 | 1.0.7-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 1.0.7-1 | 1.0.7-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.5 | 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.5 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.7 | 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.7 |
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_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-2r5h-wgv6-m4rv: An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-7052 [HIGH] CWE-476 GHSA-2r5h-wgv6-m4rv: An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur.
OSV
irssi vulnerabilities
osv·2018-03-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-7050 [HIGH] irssi vulnerabilities
irssi vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain empty
nick names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2018-7050)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain nick names.
An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2018-7051)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled an increase in the
number of windows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2018-7052)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain messages.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-7053)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly
OSV
CVE-2018-7052: An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1
osv·2018-02-15·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-7052 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7052: An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur.
Ubuntu
Irssi vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-03-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-7050 [HIGH] Irssi vulnerabilities
Title: Irssi vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain empty
nick names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2018-7050)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain nick names.
An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2018-7051)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled an increase in the
number of windows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2018-7052)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain messages.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 17
Red Hat
irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference
vendor_redhat·2018-02-02·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-7052 [HIGH] CWE-476 irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference
irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur.
A crash due to a NULL pointer dereference was found in Irssi when non-default configuration is used and the number of windows exceeds the available space.
Package: irssi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: irssi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: irssi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-7052: irssi - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the n...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-7052 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7052: irssi - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the n...
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.0.7-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.0.7-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.0.7-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.0.7-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.0.7-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7052 irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-16·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-7052 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7052 irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-7052 irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference [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-all.
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 multiple supp
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7052 irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference
bugzilla·2018-02-16·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-7052 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7052 irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference
CVE-2018-7052 irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference
An issue was discovered in Irssi. When the number of windows exceeds the
available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference in cmd_window_show
function of fe-text/mainwindows.c file could occur with non-default
configurations.
Upstream commit:
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/d3dc9a1307adc40425bf162f1f867a39e535f501
Upstream patch:
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5b5bfef03596d95079c728f65f523570dd7b03aa
References:
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt
Discussion:
Created irssi tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1546317]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txthttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txthttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162
2018-02-15
Published