CVE-2017-15723

Summary

CVECVE-2017-15723
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-22 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-14 16:19:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Irssi before 1.0.5, overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt CONFIRM irssi.org Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Irssi 1.0.5: CVE-2017-15228, CVE-2017-15227, CVE-2017-15721, CVE-2017-15722, CVE-2017-15723 CONFIRM openwall.com Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4016-1 irssi DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500263 Alpine Linux Security Update for irssi
  • 504027 Alpine Linux Security Update for irssi
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