Use After Free Affecting irssi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.54% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-IRSSI-1337636
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2019

Introduced: 10 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-5882  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL: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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Irssi 1.1.x before 1.1.2 has a use after free when hidden lines are expired from the scroll buffer.