CVE-2017-5193

Impact

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 products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45