NULL pointer dereference in Irssi - CVE-2018-7052

 

NULL pointer dereference in Irssi - CVE-2018-7052

Published: February 15, 2018 / Updated: July 1, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10607
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7052
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Irssi.org
Affected software:
Irssi

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a NULL pointer dereference when the number of windows exceed the available space. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7052

Update to version 1.0.7, 1.1.1.

Sources