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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-IRSSI-1386447
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Jan 2018

Introduced: 6 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5205  (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.

When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.