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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-irssi | Aug 30, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-irssi | Feb 25, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-irssi | Jan 8, 2017 | Jan 5, 2017 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-irc-irssi | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-irssi | Dec 4, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-irssi | Dec 18, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-irssi | Sep 24, 2019 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-network-chat-irssi-1-0-2-0-175-3-22-0-1-0 | Jul 19, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 5, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-irssisuse-upgrade-irssi-devel | Jan 10, 2017 | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-irssi | Feb 2, 2017 | Jan 3, 2017 |
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