Use After Free Affecting irssi-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.95% (92nd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-IRSSIDEVEL-1372214
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Jan 2017

Introduced: 5 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 irssi-devel.

NVD Description

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid nick message.