CVE-2017-5356

Impact

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html