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CVE-2017-9469
In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the…
High7.5EPSS 6.1%
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- mitre
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to 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)
- 6.1% · top 6.6% 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
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- 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
- 99043 (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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