High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15723
CVE-2017-15723
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.5, overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/irssi&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/irssi&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 1.2.3-2.4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.3-2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.5-32.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4nvdMailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
- irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txtnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016nvdThird Party Advisory
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