CVE-2018-5206

When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162	Third Party Advisory
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:08

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-01-06 16:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:08

NVD link : CVE-2018-5206

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5206

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5206

JSON object : View

Products Affected

irssi

irssi

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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