High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-5196
CVE-2017-5196
Description
Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45nvdThird Party Advisory
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