CVE-2018-5205

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

Al utilizar códigos escapados incompletos, Irssi en versiones anteriores a la 1.0.6 podría acceder a datos más allá del final de la cadena.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-03 CVE Reserved
2018-01-06 CVE Published
2024-04-11 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt	2019-03-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3527-1	2019-03-12
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162	2019-03-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Irssi Search vendor "Irssi"		Irssi Search vendor "Irssi" for product "Irssi"				< 1.0.6 Search vendor "Irssi" for product "Irssi" and version " < 1.0.6"		-		Affected
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
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				17.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10"		-		Affected