CVE-2017-5356 Information

Description

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence ([) without a closing bracket (]).

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.html https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5