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CVE-2017-5193

The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.

  • Published: Mar 3, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-5193
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
irssi / irssi - 0.8.21
debian / debian_linux 7.0 7.0.x