CVE-2017-5193
N/A
Published: March 3, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxIrssi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txtMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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