NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting irssi package, versions <1.0.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IRSSI-350808
  • published6 Jan 2018
  • disclosed6 Jan 2018

Introduced: 6 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5206  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable irssi to version 1.0.7-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.