PT-2018-16799 · Irssi+2 · Irssi+2

Joseph Bisch · Published 2018-01-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-5205

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Irssi versions prior to 1.0.6

Description The issue arises when using incomplete escape codes, potentially allowing access to data beyond the end of the string.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.6, update to version 1.0.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1665

ALT-PU-2020-3488

ALT-PU-2024-3802

CVE-2018-5205

DSA-4162-1

MGASA-2018-0069

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0057-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0058-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1

USN-3527-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Irssi

Ubuntu

References · 84

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02520 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2024-3802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5205 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10966 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5205 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5205 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15721 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5207 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15717 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15723 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7052 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9468 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2018:0058-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10965 · Security Note