An 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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1089-1 irssi security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4016-1 irssi security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2604 An 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3465-1 Irssi vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:56.715Z

Reserved: 2017-07-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-10966

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-07T14:29:00.360

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-10966

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-10966 - Bugzilla

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