CVE-2017-5356

High

Description

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 (]).

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIrssi
PublishedMar 3, 2017
First seenMar 3, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • irssi irssi0.8.21 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
irssi irssiv < 0.8.210.8.21
debian debian_linux7.0—

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