CVE-2017-5193

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5193
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-03T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-19T00:26:46
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.8.21
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5193
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5193
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:46:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:22:53 2017-03-03T15:59Z 2017-03-03T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:22:53 2019-03-19T00:26:46 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:22:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated