Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0983
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- 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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