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CVE-2017-5356

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).

VectorNETWORK

PublishedMar 03, 2017, 15:59

Published Bysecurity@debian.org

Base Score

Score7.5

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html

Weakness Type

CWE-125

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

7.5

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base SeverityHigh

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK