High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5356
CVE-2017-5356
Description
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
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References
6- irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.htmlnvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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