High severity · published Jan 6, 2018
CVE-2018-5205
When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string
7.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
IR
Irssi · Irssi
before 1.0.6 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 17.04; 17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5205
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5205
Patch
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3527-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162
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