UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5208

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5208

    Published: 6 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5208
    Aliases:
    USN-3527-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5208, https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt, https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/download/1.0.6/irssi-1.0.5_1.0.6.diff, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3527-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5208

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: irssi

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.15-5ubuntu3.4

    Affected versions

    0.8.15-5ubuntu2
    0.8.15-5ubuntu3
    0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1
    0.8.15-5ubuntu3.2
    0.8.15-5ubuntu3.3

    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
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