PT-2017-16378
CVE-2017-5193
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Published
2017-01-06
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Irssi versions prior to 0.8.21
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This occurs when a message without a nick is processed by the
nickcmp function.Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.8.21, update to version 0.8.21 or later to resolve the issue.
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