CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5205

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Jan 06, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Irssi Irssi * 1.0.6 (excluding)
Irssi Ubuntu artful *
Irssi Ubuntu devel *
Irssi Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Irssi Ubuntu trusty *
Irssi Ubuntu xenial *
Irssi Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References