CVE-2017-10966 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291 https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8