CVE-2017-10965

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-07-05
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1473232: CVE-2017-10965 irssi: NULL pointer dereference when receiving messages with invalid time stamps

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.

Find out more about CVE-2017-10965 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 irssi Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 irssi Will not fix

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