CVE-2017-15723 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Irssi before 1.0.5, overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.

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 0.01114.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Irssi	Irssi

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4016-1	irssi security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-7146	In Irssi before 1.0.5, overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15723
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15723
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:04:49.924Z

Reserved: 2017-10-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15723

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-22T20:29:00.367

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

Link: CVE-2017-15723

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2017-15723 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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