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usn-3527-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-01-10 13:30
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
irssi vulnerabilities
Details

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled incomplete escape codes. If a user were tricked into using malformed commands or opening malformed files, an attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-5205)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled settings the channel topic without specifying a sender. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-5206)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled incomplete variable arguments. If a user were tricked into using malformed commands or opening malformed files, an attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-5207)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled completing certain strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5208)

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  "id": "USN-3527-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
  "published": "2018-01-10T13:30:46Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3527-1"
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  "summary": "irssi vulnerabilities",
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}



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