The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-irssi | Sep 20, 2017 | Sep 27, 2016 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 27, 2016 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-irssi | Apr 3, 2017 | Sep 21, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-irssifreebsd-upgrade-package-zh-irssi | Nov 14, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-entire-11-4-11-4-0-0-1-15-0 | Oct 19, 2018 | Sep 27, 2016 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-irssisuse-upgrade-irssi-devel | Oct 13, 2016 | Sep 27, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-irssi | Jul 1, 2017 | Sep 21, 2016 |
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