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CVE-2018-7050

Published: Feb 15, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-476
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 17.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurs for an "empty" nick.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

irssi
oss-projectaka buf.pl, irssi irc client
irssiMixed
Communications / messaging-chat
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Workaround Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1
openwall.com
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt
irssi.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
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