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CVE-2017-5195

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5195 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Irssi versions 0.8.17 through 0.8.20, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted ANSI x8 color code. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.8.17, < 0.8.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0548 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5195Moderate

irssi: Out of bounds read in certain incomplete control codes

Jan 5, 2017

References

irssi.org / security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-45
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95310
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry