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CVE-2010-1156
core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.9%
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- redhat
Description
core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the instant that a victim leaves a channel.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- [oss-security] 20100412 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1110 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100412 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100413 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- irssi-unspecified-dos(57791) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 39620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://svn.irssi.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/irssi/trunk/src/core/nicklist.c?root=irssi&r1=4922&r2=5126 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39365 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-929-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://irssi.org/news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100411 CVE request: irssi 0.8.15 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100413 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1023845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SSA:2010-116-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-6629 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://irssi.org/news/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39797 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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