CVE-2017-9469
Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.08%). 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 certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to 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
- 6.08% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- irssi/irssi · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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/2017/06/06/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99043Third 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/99043Third 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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.