CVE-2017-5356 | BDVDB-2026-82279 Detail
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 (]).
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.