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.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1217-1 irssi security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14301 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3184-1 Irssi vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.643Z

Reserved: 2017-01-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5193

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-03T15:59:00.680

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

Link: CVE-2017-5193

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5193 - Bugzilla

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