CVE-2017-15721
N/A
Published: October 22, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxIrssi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.5, certain incorrectly formatted DCC CTCP messages could cause a NULL pointer dereference. This is a separate, but similar, issue relative to CVE-2017-9468.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txtMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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