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CVE-2017-10966

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3465-1

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.

Se detectó un problema en Irssi anterior a versión 1.0.4. Al actualizar la lista de nick interna, Irssi podría usar incorrectamente la interfaz de GHashTable y liberar el nick al actualizarlo. Esto resultaría luego en condiciones de uso de memoria previamente liberada en cada acceso de la tabla de hash.

Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled messages with invalid time stamps. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled the internal nick list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly removed destroyed channels from the query list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2017-07-05 CVE Reserved
  • 2017-07-07 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-05 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Irssi
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Irssi
Search vendor "Irssi" for product "Irssi"
<= 1.0.3
Search vendor "Irssi" for product "Irssi" and version " <= 1.0.3"
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Affected