CVE-2017-5195 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Irssi 0.8.17 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted ANSI x8 color code.

Published: 2017-03-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14303	Irssi 0.8.17 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted ANSI x8 color code.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3184-1	Irssi vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5195
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5195

History

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Subscriptions

Irssi Irssi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-03T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.692Z

Reserved: 2017-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5195

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-03T15:59:00.757

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5195

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5195 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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