Description
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
Published: 2017-03-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1217-1 irssi security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14460 Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3184-1 Irssi vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.676Z

Reserved: 2017-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5356

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-03T15:59:00.820

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

Link: CVE-2017-5356

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5356 - Bugzilla

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