CVE-2017-5194 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Irssi versions prior to 0.8.21, affecting Debian Linux and Irssi itself. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a specially crafted invalid nick message. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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