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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade irssi | Sep 20, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade irssi | Nov 4, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade irssi | Jul 8, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade irssi | Dec 4, 2019 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade irssi | Dec 18, 2019 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade irssi | Sep 24, 2019 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade network/chat/irssi to version 1.0.6-0.175.3.29.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Feb 22, 2018 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 5, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade irssiUpgrade irssi-devel | Jul 10, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade irssi | Oct 26, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 |
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