CVE-2018-5206 : When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 ma

When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.

Published 2018-01-06 16:29:00

Updated 2019-03-12 12:21:51

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2018-5206

Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 9.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Irssi » Irssi
Versions before (<) 1.0.6
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.21%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 58 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	10.0	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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