CVE-2017-5356

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5356
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-03 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-15 19:32:00 UTC
DescriptionIrssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi All All All All
Application Irssi Irssi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Irssi CVE-2017-5356 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Fuzzing Irssi with Perl Scripts | The Fuzzing Project MISC blog.fuzzing-project.org Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: Irssi out of bounds read in format string MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Irssi out of bounds read in format string MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt CONFIRM irssi.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1217-1] irssi security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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