Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-10966
CVE-2017-10966
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
3- github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016nvd
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