Bug 1532622 (CVE-2018-5208)

Summary: CVE-2018-5208 irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the completion code
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Adam Mariš 2018-01-09 13:13:46 UTC
A calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings.

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2018-01-09 13:14:33 UTC
External References:

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2018-01-09 13:17:41 UTC
Created irssi tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1532625]