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CVE-2017-15721

high

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-22

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01135