PT-2018-16800 · Irssi+2 · Irssi+2

Joseph Bisch · Published 2018-01-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-5206

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue occurs when the channel topic is set without specifying a sender. In such cases, Irssi may dereference a NULL pointer, which can lead to problems.

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

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1665

ALT-PU-2020-3488

ALT-PU-2024-3802

CVE-2018-5206

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 · 83

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02520 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2024-3802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5206 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10966 · 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
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5206 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10965 · Security Note