UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9469

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9469

    Published: 6 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9469
    Aliases:
    USN-3317-1

    Summary:

    Details: In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9469, https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3317-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9469

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: irssi

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.15-5ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

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

    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