VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-5206
When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.16%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.16% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- irssi/irssi · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.