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CVE-2018-7053

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Date: February 15, 2018

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. There is a use-after-free when SASL messages are received in an unexpected order.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7053

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7053

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-7053

Url: https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-7053

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 1.0.7,1.1.1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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