Memory corruption in Irssi - CVE-2017-9469

 

Memory corruption in Irssi - CVE-2017-9469

Published: June 7, 2017 / Updated: July 1, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6955
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-2017-9469
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 out-of-bounds memory error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted incorrectly quoted DCC files and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9469

Update to version 1.0.3.

Sources