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CVE-2017-5356
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…
High7.5EPSS 4.8%
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- Updated
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- debian
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 (]).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171223 [SECURITY] [DLA 1217-1] irssi security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 96581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170112 CVE Request: Irssi out of bounds read in format string (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170112 Re: CVE Request: Irssi out of bounds read in format string (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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