Detections
Analytics

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 (]).

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-03

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02739