CVE-2017-5356 in irssi

Summary

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 01/12/2017
• Disclosure: 03/03/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-97522 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.4
• EPSS: 0.02755
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5356
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5356
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-5356/