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    CVE-2017-15228

    Irssi before 1.0.5, when installing themes with unterminated colour formatting sequences, may access data beyond the end of the string.

    Published:Oct 22, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Oct 22, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00572
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Irssi
    Product
    Irssi

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High