Vulnerability in Konversation
CVE-2017-15923
Konversation 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to parsing of IRC color formatting codes.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (86.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Konversation
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
References
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4033 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cgit.kde.org/konversation.git/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00020.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- konversation.kde.org/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15923?
- CVE-2017-15923 is a high-severity vulnerability in Konversation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-15.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15923?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.