PT-2018-16802 · Irssi+2 · Irssi+2

Published 2018-01-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-5208

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 A calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings. This issue affects Irssi and could potentially lead to memory corruption.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1665

ALT-PU-2020-3488

ALT-PU-2024-3802

CVE-2018-5208

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
• 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
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5208 · Vendor Advisory
• 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5208 · 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15227 · Security Note