Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting irssi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-IRSSI-350751
  • published6 Jan 2018
  • disclosed6 Jan 2018

Introduced: 6 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5207  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 irssi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream irssi package and not the irssi package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

When using an incomplete variable argument, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.