UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15227

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15227

    Published: 22 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15227
    Aliases:
    USN-3465-1

    Summary:

    Details: Irssi before 1.0.5, while waiting for the channel synchronisation, may incorrectly fail to remove destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in use-after-free conditions when updating the state later on.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15227, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4, https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3465-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15227

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: irssi

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.15-5ubuntu3.3

    Affected versions

    0.8.15-5ubuntu2
    0.8.15-5ubuntu3
    0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1
    0.8.15-5ubuntu3.2

    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