CVE-2017-10966

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-10966
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-07 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-05 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Irssi Irssi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4016-1 irssi DEBIAN www.debian.org
Merge branch 'security' into 'master' · irssi/irssi@5e26325 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt CONFIRM irssi.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500262 Alpine Linux Security Update for irssi
  • 504026 Alpine Linux Security Update for irssi
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