CVE-2017-10966

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-10966
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-07-07T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-05T01:29:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10966
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10966
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:09 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 18:29:56 2017-07-07T14:29Z 2017-07-07T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 18:29:56 2017-11-05T01:29:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 18:29:56 Modified Vulnerability Status updated