CVE-2017-5193

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Irssi

PublishedMar 3, 2017

First seenMar 3, 2017

How to fix

Update

irssi irssi0.8.21 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
irssi irssi	v < 0.8.21	0.8.21
debian debian_linux	7.0	—

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