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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability92. percentile5.1%

ProductIrssi

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	0.8.18 ≤ v < 0.8.21	0.8.21

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