CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-10965

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 07, 2017 | Modified: Nov 05, 2017
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.7 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

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.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Irssi Irssi * 1.0.3 (including)
Irssi Ubuntu trusty *
Irssi Ubuntu upstream *
Irssi Ubuntu xenial *
Irssi Ubuntu yakkety *
Irssi Ubuntu zesty *

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