NULL pointer dereference in Irssi - CVE-2018-7052

Vulnerability identifier: #VU10607

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7052

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Irssi
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Slackware Linux
Fedora
irssi (Alpine package)
irssi

Update to version 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

• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt

• Arch Linux update for irssi
• Debian update for irssi
• Slackware Linux update for irssi
• NULL pointer dereference in irssi (Alpine package)
• Fedora 27 update for irssi
• Fedora 26 update for irssi