CVE-2017-9469

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 6%

Description

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.

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 (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99043
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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