CVE-2018-5206 describes a critical NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Irssi versions prior to 1.0.6, specifically affecting Debian Linux distributions. An attacker can trigger this flaw by setting a channel topic without specifying a sender, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction and allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its criticality, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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