CVE-2017-9469
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.1%
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.
How to fix CVE-2017-9469
To remediate CVE-2017-9469, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/irssi—upgrade to 1.0.3-r0 or later
- Debian/irssi—upgrade to 1.0.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-9469 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 6.1%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.3-r0
- from 0, < 1.0.3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |