Out-of-bounds write in Irssi - CVE-2018-7051
Published: February 16, 2018 / Updated: July 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10599
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7051
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an out-of-bounds write error when printing theme strings. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
Irssi
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Slackware Linux
Fedora
irssi (Alpine package)
irssi
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Slackware Linux
Fedora
irssi (Alpine package)
irssi
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7051
Update to versions 1.0.7, 1.1.1.
irssi (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.6-r0
irssi - addressed in versions 1.0.7-1.fc26, 1.0.7-1.fc27
irssi - addressed in versions 1.0.7-1.fc26, 1.0.7-1.fc27