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CVE-2017-9468

high

Description

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-07

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: 0.01355