CVE-2017-9468 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621 https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

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