NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting irssi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-IRSSI-1976414
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Jul 2017

Introduced: 5 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10965  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 irssi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream irssi package and not the irssi package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.