Out-of-Bounds Affecting irssi package, versions <1.0.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.62% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-IRSSI-1067406
  • published7 Jun 2017
  • disclosed7 Jun 2017

Introduced: 7 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9469  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 irssi to version 1.0.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream irssi package and not the irssi package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.