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CVE-2017-5195

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Date: March 3, 2017

Irssi 0.8.17 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted ANSI x8 color code.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5195

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5195

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5195

Url: https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5195

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 0.8.21,1.0.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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