CVE-2018-5205
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-134
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt ↗