CVE-2018-5206

Critical

Description

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

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductIrssi
PublishedJan 6, 2018
First seenJan 6, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • irssi irssi1.0.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
irssi irssiv < 1.0.61.0.6
debian debian_linux9.0—

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CVE-2018-5206 · Irssi · Dark Radar