High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-15228
CVE-2017-15228
Description
Irssi before 1.0.5, when installing themes with unterminated colour formatting sequences, may access data beyond the end of the string.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4nvdMailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
- irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txtnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016nvd
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