CVE-2017-15723
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3465-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In Irssi before 1.0.5, overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.
En Irssi en versiones anteriores a la 1.0.5, los objetivos o nicks demasiado largos pueden resultar en una desreferencia de puntero NULL cuando se divide el mensaje.
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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2017-10-21 CVE Reserved
- 2017-10-22 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (3)
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URL | Date | SRC |
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4 | 2019-03-14 | |
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt | 2019-03-14 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016 | 2019-03-14 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Irssi Search vendor "Irssi" | Irssi Search vendor "Irssi" for product "Irssi" | <= 1.0.4 Search vendor "Irssi" for product "Irssi" and version " <= 1.0.4" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
Affected
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