High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Irssi/Irssi2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=0.8.18,<0.8.21
- (no CPE)range: <0.8.21
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/irssi&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg: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: < 0.8.21-12.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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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