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Ubuntu: USN-3862-1 (CVE-2019-5882): Irssi vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3862-1 (CVE-2019-5882): Irssi vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/09/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/29/2019
Modified
01/29/2019

Description

Irssi 1.1.x before 1.1.2 has a use after free when hidden lines are expired from the scroll buffer.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-irssi

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