CVE-2017-9468

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-06-07
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1459456: CVE-2017-9468 irssi: Null pointer dereference while receiving a DCC message without source nick/host
A null pointer dereference was found in the way irssi handles DCC messages that do not contain a source nick/host. A malicious IRC server could be used to crash an irssi client by sending a specially crafted DCC message.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9468 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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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