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CVE-2017-5196

high

Description

Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-03

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: 0.01054