CVE-2017-15723

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, overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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