CVE-2017-15227 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Irssi before 1.0.5, while waiting for the channel synchronisation, may incorrectly fail to remove destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in use-after-free conditions when updating the state later on.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00572.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Irssi	Irssi

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1217-1	irssi security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4016-1	irssi security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6687	Irssi before 1.0.5, while waiting for the channel synchronisation, may incorrectly fail to remove destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in use-after-free conditions when updating the state later on.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3465-1	Irssi vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15227
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15227
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-22T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:50:16.131Z

Reserved: 2017-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15227

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-22T20:29:00.210

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

Link: CVE-2017-15227

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15227 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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