VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-9468
Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.
- 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
- 3.25% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- irssi/irssi · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.