Buffer over-read in Irssi - CVE-2018-5208
Published: April 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11475
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5208
CWE-ID: CWE-126
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Irssi.org
Affected software:
Irssi
Irssi
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a calculation error in the completion code that triggers heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to a calculation error in the completion code that triggers heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5208
Update to version 1.0.6.