The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade irssi | Aug 30, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade irssi | Feb 25, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade irssi | Jan 8, 2017 | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-irc/irssi. | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade irssi | Dec 4, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade irssi | Dec 18, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade irssi | Sep 24, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade network/chat/irssi to version 1.0.2-0.175.3.22.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Jul 19, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade irssi-develUpgrade irssi | Jan 10, 2017 | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade irssi | Feb 2, 2017 | Jan 3, 2017 |
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