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. Certain nick names could result in out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings.
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 | =7.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 |
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CVE-2018-7051 has a moderate severity due to its potential for causing out-of-bounds access.
To fix CVE-2018-7051, upgrade to Irssi version 1.0.7 or higher.
CVE-2018-7051 affects Irssi versions before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1.
CVE-2018-7051 could lead to application crashes or arbitrary code execution due to out-of-bounds access.
As of now, there are no public reports of exploitation of CVE-2018-7051 in the wild.