CVE-2017-9468
N/A
Published: June 7, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxIrssi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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