VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15722
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.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.99%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.99%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.99% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- irssi/irssi · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txtMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txtMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.