CVE-2017-9468

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-9468
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-07T01:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-14T18:45:46
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 1.0.2
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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_06.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9468
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9468
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:46:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:29:42 2017-06-07T01:29Z 2017-06-07T01:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:29:42 2019-03-14T18:45:46 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:29:42 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated