CVE-2019-5882
Slackware Security Advisory - irssi Updates
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
Irssi 1.1.x before 1.1.2 has a use after free when hidden lines are expired from the scroll buffer.
Irssi, en versiones 1.1.x anteriores a la 1.1.2, tiene un uso de memoria previamente liberada cuando las líneas ocultas expiran del búfer "scroll".
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to execute arbitrary code.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2019-01-09 CVE Reserved
- 2019-01-09 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/irssi/irssi/pull/948 | 2019-02-26 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://irssi.org/NEWS/#v1-1-2 | 2019-02-26 | |
| https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2019_01.txt | 2019-02-26 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3862-1 | 2019-02-26 |
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" | >= 1.1.0 < 1.1.2 Search vendor "Irssi" for product "Irssi" and version " >= 1.1.0 < 1.1.2" | - |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
Affected
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10" | - |
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