PT-2019-5821 · Irssi+2 · Irssi+2

Published 2019-01-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2019-5882

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 1.1.x prior to 1.1.2

Description The issue is related to a use after free error when hidden lines expire from the scroll buffer. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For Irssi versions 1.1.x prior to 1.1.2, update to version 1.1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the scroll buffer until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-03129

CVE-2019-5882

MGASA-2019-0091

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0048-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0048-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1

USN-3862-1

Affected Products

Irssi

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 50

• https://github.com/irssi/irssi/pull/948 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03129 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5882 · Security Note
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2019_01.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0091.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3862-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2019-5882 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5882 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5882 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3862-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:0048-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5882 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5882 · Vendor Advisory