Out-of-bounds Read Affecting irssi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-IRSSI-1367216
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Oct 2017

Introduced: 22 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL: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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Irssi before 1.0.5, when installing themes with unterminated colour formatting sequences, may access data beyond the end of the string.