CVE-2018-5208

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    CVE-2018-5208

    Published: 6 Jan 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Irssi before 1.0.6, a calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings.

    References: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162, https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -fe6e377beb57a11ce47683055834722e0ed6ba2b

    Affected versions

    1.0.4
    1.0.3
    1.0.2
    1.0.1
    1.0.0

    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