CVE-2017-5356

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).

• CWE-125

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Mar 3, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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