Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0983

Description

IRC client irssi in irssi-text before 0.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC channel that has a long topic followed by a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

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Affected products

Irssi/Irssi2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.8.4

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-157nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5055nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02%3A05.ascnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9395nvd

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