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CVE-2017-9468

Date: June 6, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9468

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9468

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621

Url: https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9468

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9468

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9468

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-9468

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

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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