CVE-2017-5193 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Irssi versions prior to 0.8.21, affecting Debian Linux and Irssi itself. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the application by sending a message without a nick. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.8.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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