High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-9469

Description

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.

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Affected products

Irssi/Irssi
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.0.2
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: < 1.0.3-25.1

Patches

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References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99043nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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