CVE-2018-5205 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00593.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Canonical Subscribe	Ubuntu Linux Subscribe
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe
Irssi Subscribe	Irssi Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4162-1	irssi security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-16990	When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3527-1	Irssi vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5205
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3527-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5205
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-06T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:47.168Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-5205

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-06T16:29:00.233

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:19.863

Link: CVE-2018-5205

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-01-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5205 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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