Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package irssi  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-IRSSI-618263
  • published7 Jul 2017
  • disclosed7 Jul 2017

Introduced: 7 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream irssi package and not the irssi package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.