fkie_cve-2017-5193
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-03-03 15:59
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
irssi irssi *
debian debian_linux 7.0


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   configurations: [
      {
         nodes: [
            {
               cpeMatch: [
                  {
                     criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                     matchCriteriaId: "58A0BEDE-EE65-44C2-A298-0F3B49C6D30E",
                     versionEndExcluding: "0.8.21",
                     vulnerable: true,
                  },
               ],
               negate: false,
               operator: "OR",
            },
         ],
      },
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                     vulnerable: true,
                  },
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   ],
   cveTags: [],
   descriptions: [
      {
         lang: "en",
         value: "The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.",
      },
      {
         lang: "es",
         value: "La función nickcmp en Irssi en versiones anteriores a 0.8.21 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (referencia a puntero NULL y caída) a través de un mensaje sin un nick.",
      },
   ],
   id: "CVE-2017-5193",
   lastModified: "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860",
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            baseSeverity: "MEDIUM",
            cvssData: {
               accessComplexity: "LOW",
               accessVector: "NETWORK",
               authentication: "NONE",
               availabilityImpact: "PARTIAL",
               baseScore: 5,
               confidentialityImpact: "NONE",
               integrityImpact: "NONE",
               vectorString: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
               version: "2.0",
            },
            exploitabilityScore: 10,
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            obtainAllPrivilege: false,
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            source: "nvd@nist.gov",
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   published: "2017-03-03T15:59:00.680",
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   ],
}


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