What is CVE-2017-5196?

CVE-2017-5196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irssi, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5196?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Irssi

CVE-2017-5196

Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.051 (91.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Irssi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5196?: CVE-2017-5196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irssi, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5196?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.