First published: Thu Feb 15 2018(Updated: )
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurs for an "empty" nick.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
debian/irssi | 1.2.3-1 1.4.3-2 1.4.5-1 | |
Irssi Irssi | <1.0.7 | |
Irssi Irssi | =1.1.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 |
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CVE-2018-7050 has a medium severity level due to its potential to lead to application crashes.
To fix CVE-2018-7050, upgrade to Irssi version 1.0.7 or 1.1.1 and later.
CVE-2018-7050 affects Irssi versions prior to 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1.
Debian versions prior to 9.0 and specific Ubuntu versions up to 17.10 are vulnerable to CVE-2018-7050.
CVE-2018-7050 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that can occur under specific conditions.