VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-7053
There is a use-after-free when SASL messages are received in an unexpected order.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. There is a use-after-free when SASL messages are received in an unexpected order.
- 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
- 2.40% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- irssi/irssi · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txtMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txtMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.