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CVE-2017-9468
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…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
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- mitre
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.
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)
- 3.7% · top 10% 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 (5)
- DSA-3885 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1038621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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