VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15923
Konversation 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to parsing of IRC color formatting codes.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.73%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Konversation 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to parsing of IRC color formatting codes.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.73% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- konversation/konversation · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://cgit.kde.org/konversation.git/commit/?h=1.7&id=6a7f59ee1b9dbc6e5cf9e5f3b306504d02b73ef0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://konversation.kde.org/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4033Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/konversation.git/commit/?h=1.7&id=6a7f59ee1b9dbc6e5cf9e5f3b306504d02b73ef0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://konversation.kde.org/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4033Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.