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CVE-2017-10965

Publication date 7 July 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
irssi 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.8.20-2ubuntu2.2
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
irssi

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3465-1
    • Irssi vulnerabilities
    • 26 October 2017

Other references